Exploring Language and Poetry

What is the definition of a simile?

• A mathematical equation used to solve for unknown variables

• A type of plant commonly found in tropical regions

• A type of dance popular in the 1920s

• A figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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Click on the Simile.

• The road was like a ribbon unwinding

• Two roads diverged in a yellow wood

• The new book made me excited to read on.

• The woods are lovely, dark and deep

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Explain the difference between a metaphor and a simile.

• Metaphor uses 'like' or 'as' to make the comparison

• Metaphor and simile are the same thing

• Metaphor directly states that one thing is another, while simile uses 'like' or 'as' to make the comparison.

• Simile directly states that one thing is another

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What does the word unseen mean?

• Saw it far away

• Not seen

• Saw

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Give an example of a homophone pair and use them in a sentence.

• I need to write with my right hand.

• I saw a bear in the forest.

• The sun rises in the east.

• She wore a blue dress to the party.

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What is the difference between homophones and homographs?

• Homophones have the same spelling and the same sound

• Homophones have the same sound but different meanings and spellings, while homographs have the same spelling but different meanings and may or may not have the same sound.

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Select the metaphor

• The movie theater is as dark as night.

• Books are passports to a new place.

• The new book made me as excited as a kid in a candy store.

• I am cold as an ice cube.

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Identify the prefix in the word 'unhappiness'.

• in-

• un-

• dis-

• non-

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