5th Grade Figurative Langauge

What is the meaning of the simile below?

The boys ran off like rockets shooting up to the stars.

• The boys ran toward the stars.

• The boys ran away quickly.

• The boys drove rockets.

Answer explanation

The boys ran off like rockets shooting up to the starts means that they boys ran away quickly. Rockets shooting up to the stars would have to be extremally fast. The boys running away were extremally fast. A simile compares two unlike objects using like or as.

What is the meaning of the metaphor below?

Dad's business is a well-oiled machine.

• Dad's business runs smoothly.

• Dad's business uses a log of machines.

• Dad's business sells oil.

• Dad's business is butting oil on machines.

What is the meaning of the simile below?

My best friend and I are like two peas in a pod.

• Th two friends like to eat peas.

• The two friends are very similar.

• The two friends are like vegetables.

• The two friends live in a pod.

What is the meaning of the simile below?

Without my glasses, I'm as blind as a bat.

• The person lives in a cave.

• The person is blind.

• The person can't see very well without his or her eyeglasses.

What is the meaning of the idiom below?

My teacher was as mad as an old wet hen when three kids didn't do their homework.

• The teacher lived on a farm.

• The teacher was very angry.

• The teacher didn't assign any homework.

What is the meaning of the metaphor below?

Nick is a pig when he eats.

• Nick eats on the ground.

• Nick is messy when he eats.

• Nick makes pig-like sounds when he eats.

What is the meaning of the metaphor below?

My room is a disaster after my little cousins come over and play.

• An earthquake hit my room.

• My room is very messy.

• My cousins were involved in a disaster.

• My room is full of cousins.

Identify the simile in the following sentence: "His movements were as slow as molasses in winter."

• His movements

• as slow as molasses in winter

• in winter

• molasses

Which of the following sentences uses a simile?

• The wind whispered secrets to the trees.

• Her laughter is music to my ears.

• He is as sneaky as a fox.

• Time is a thief.

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• The snow is a white blanket.

• She is as brave as a lion.

• He swims like a fish.

• The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.