Figurative Language SMPHAO

What is the date today?

• 9/4/22

• 9/5/22

• 9/4/23

• 9/5/23

A simile.....

• tells what a person likes
• compares two unlike things using the words like or as
• compares two similar things 
• tells what a person is doing

Check all responses that ARE similes.

• Watching this movie is like watching grass grow.

• Those kids are fighting like cats and dogs.

• I like to eat steak and potatoes.

• He should have threw it away as he walked by the trash can.

• He is as fast as a cheetah.

Which phrase is NOT a simile?

• He's a workhorse.

• He's as strong as an ox.

Which phrase IS a simile?

• It is ice cold in this room.

• You're as cold as ice.

Which kind of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

The pink pig played in the puddle.

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

4L5

Which kind of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

Olivia, your room is a pig sty.

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

4L5

Which kind of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

Super Aubrie zapped the villan and saved the day!

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

4L5

An​ (a)   contains repeated sounds at the beginning of a word.

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• metaphor

An​ (a)   is a word that sounds like its meaning.

• onomatopoeia
• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration