Metaphors and similes

True or False: Similes use "like" or "as" while Metaphors don't use those such words?

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is a simile?

• "Sly as a fox"

• "I could eat a horse"

• "It hit me like a slippery fish"

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• "The world is your oyster"

• "A cheetah in the race"

• A and B

• "Shiny as a diamond"

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Create an original metaphor or simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D