Literal, Figurative, Simile, and Metaphor
Authored by Megan Frisbie
English
5th - 10th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Determine if the following phrase is figurative or literal?
a broken heart
literal
figurative
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Determine if the following statement is figurative or literal?
An average heart is the size of your fist.
literal
figurative
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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."
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Simile or Metaphor:
My father is a bear in the morning.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
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