language

Metaphor

• Comparison using like or as

• Comparison not using like or as

• Comparing two unlike things as the same

• Means what it means, but not literally.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

At the recital, Olivia's fingers danced over the keyboard.

• Olivia was a weak piano player.
• Olivia didn't know how to play; she just pounded the keys.
• Olivia played the piano easily and beautifully.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Jeremy clammed up when he thought others would tease him about his ideas.

• Jeremy kept his ideas to himself.
• Jeremy enjoyed fishing.
• Jeremy spoke freely.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

The rope SNAPPED in half, and the panic in the child's face was evident.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

After math class, Chou's head was spinning from all the information that would be on the test.

• Chou was feeling confused.
• Chou was feeling very confident.
• Chou is thinking about science class.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one.

• The car is very old.
• The car was truly made in prehistoric times.
• The car is very new.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

The heater yelled as it was turned on during the first winter of the year

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

A comparison of two ore more different things using like or as

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Delaney is the sun in my life; she means everything to me.

• Delaney is yellow.
• Delaney is standing on the roof.
• Delaney is important to me.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

After math class, Chou's head was spinning from all the information that would be on the test.

• Chou was feeling confused.
• Chou was feeling very confident.
• Chou is thinking about science class.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4