9/22 Idioms Metaphor Simile Quiz

Alladin runs like the wind across the field.

• Simile

• Metaphor

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What is a Simile?

• It is a direct comparison between two things that does not use like or as.

• It is a comparison between two unlike things that have something in common using the word “like” or “as”.

• A camparison

• A comparison of the same things.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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The sentences below are examples of Simile, EXCEPT.

• You are the apple of my eye.

• You are as sweet as sugar.

• Rhea is like a butterfly.

• Rey's t-shirt is as bright as gold.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The computer at the back of the class is a dinosaur!

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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Simile or metaphor?

My brother was boiling mad.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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Simile or metaphor?

The assignment was a breeze.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.5.5A

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Simile or metaphor?

She is as thin as a toothpick.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

She gave me the cold shoulder. 

• Her shoulder felt freezing. 
• She ignored me. 
• She needed a sweater. 

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

I'm feeling under the weather.

• I am getting rained on. 
• I'm feeling sick. 
• A cloud landed on me. 

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

It is raining cats and dogs!

• It's been raining all day.

• It's raining a lot.

• It's not raining.

• There are scattered thunderstorms.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4