Similes

Last night, he tiptoed inside my room as quiet as ______

• a bird

• a mouse

• a fox

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The girl ran fast like ______ to win the race.

• silk

• the hills

• lightning

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The pizza is as hot as ______.

• lights

• candle

• fire

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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 is an example of a simile?

• The sky was as blue as the sea

• The moon was a pale, silver coin in the sky.

• The angry waves climbed the sea wall.

• The howling, wolf-like baby was driving me mad.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A simile compares 2 things using the words ____ or _____.

• and, or

• like, as

• and, like

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Complete the Simile:

As cold as _______

• ice

• sand

• crystal

• silk

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod. 
What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simile
• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The cookies were so overcooked that they were as hard as rocks.

• nice and soft
• really hard
• just right
• fluffy

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CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D