Simile & Metaphors

She was a fragile bird with broken wings.

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following is a simile?

• Her laughter is music to my ears.

• He swims like a fish.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• The snow is a white blanket.

• She is as brave as a lion.

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Identify the simile in the following sentence: "The car raced down the road as fast as lightning."

• The car raced down the road

• as fast as lightning

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Identify the metaphor in the following sentence: "Time is a thief."

• Time is

• a thief

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

• The classroom was a zoo.

• The test was as hard as nails.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following sentences contains a simile?

• Her eyes are sparkling diamonds.

• He runs like the wind.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which of the following is a simile?

• The clouds were white.

• The clouds were fluffy.

• The clouds were high in the sky.

• The clouds were as fluffy as cotton candy.

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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 the definition of metaphor?

• Comparing two unlike things

• two or more words with the same beginning sound

• comparing two unlike things using like or as

• I love my dog

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

You are my sunshine.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4