Simile and Metaphor

Simile or metaphor?

My brother was boiling mad.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

Simile or metaphor?

The assignment was a breeze.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

Simile or metaphor?

She is as thin as a toothpick.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

Simile or metaphor?

That girl is as tough as nails.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

Simile or metaphor?

He was so scared he was as white as a ghost.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

When two things are being compared using like or as, it is called a _____.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

Identify the simile below:

• The tree danced in the wind.

• The cat is the devil.

• She is as tall as a tree!

• My backpack weighs a thousand tons!

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

 

What is a metaphor?

• Is when you describe something by giving hints

• Is when someone compares you to something without saying like

• I don't know

• Is when someone compares you to something using like

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

Kate was a busy beaver as she prepared for her birthday party

The words in blue are an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Clue

• Illitiration

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

It was raining cats and dogs

• simile

• metaphor

• neither

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.2.3