Simile Quiz

Check all responses that are similes.

• Watching this movie is like watching grass grow.

• I like to eat steak and potatoes.

• The kids are fighting like cats and dogs.

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

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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What phrase is NOT simile?

• He is a workhorse.

• He is as strong as an ox.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Do your homework as soon as you get home.

• Simile

• Not Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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Amy is like a giraffe.

• simile

• not simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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Complete the phrase below.

As cheap as

• diamond

• gold

• a new car

• dirt

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

You are as brave as a lion.

• Simile

• Not simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

As cold as

• ice

• a fresh baked cake

• January

• a desert

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A simile

• tells what a person likes

• compares two similar things

• compares two unlike things using the word "like" or "as".

• compares two person

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What two things are being compared?

She is as thin as a rake.

• the girl and a rake

• thin and a rake

• I don't know

• as a rake

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does it mean?

Tom is like a snail.

• Tom is too slow.

• Tom is a snail.

• Tom owns a snail.

• Tom likes a snail.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D