Literal, Figurative, Simile, and Metaphor

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

• Only similes compare two unlike things.

• Only metaphors use like or as in the comparison

• Similes are literal statements

• Similes use like or as, while metaphors do not

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Determine if the following phrase is figurative or literal?

a broken heart

• literal

• figurative

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Determine if the following statement is figurative or literal?

An average heart is the size of your fist.

• literal

• figurative

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

My little sister was playing with toy cars. She drove them over the carpet, the kitchen floor, and the coffee table. She even drove them up the walls!

• Literal

• Nonliteral

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Where is the simile in the following sentences?: "I would really like a bed like the one in that hotel. Sleeping in that bed is like sleeping on a cloud."

• No simile

• "I would really like a bed like the one in that hotel."

• "Sleeping in that bed is like sleeping on a cloud."

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following sentences is a metaphor?: "Mrs. Tadlock is a great teacher. Her classroom is a calm, relaxing spa."

• "Mrs. Tadlock is a great teacher."

• "Her classroom is a calm, relaxing spa."

• No metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Simile or Metaphor:
My father is a bear in the morning.

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Simile or Metaphor:
My sister is like an angel in my life.

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Determine if the following statement is figurative or literal?

I can play the piano by heart.

• literal

• figurative

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Determine if the following statement is figurative or literal?

Eat your heart out.

• literal

• figurative

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4