Figurative Language Quiz

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

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

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

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison between two things that share a common characteristic, does not use the words "like" or "as."

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Simile or Metaphor:
Math is like a puzzle that never ends.

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Simile or Metaphor:
My life is a dream.

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A figure of speech that compares two things that are alike in some way using “like” or “as.”

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Simile or Metaphor:
Life is a flower that grows more beautiful every day.

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Simile or Metaphor:

They stood alone, frozen statues on the plain.

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The fruit salad was like a rainbow!

• it was rainbow shaped
• leprechauns liked it 
• it was colorful

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What two things are being compared in the following simile?
Sylvia's new lotion made her face as smooth as baby skin. 

• Sylvia's face and baby's skin
• Lotion and Sylvia's face.
• Sylvia and her face.
• Sylvia and smooth. 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D