Simile Jbonales

What is a simile?

• a phrase that means something else than what it says
• comparing two things by saying one is the other
• comparing two things by using like or as
• a word that resembles the sound it represents

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What is a metaphor?

• A comparison that does not use like, as, or than

• the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• A comparison that does use like, as, or than

• words that sound like their meaning

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America is a melting pot.

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This sentence is an example of what: "I feel as happy as a puppy rolling around in the grass."

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.5.5

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The snow is a white blanket.

This is an example of:

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which type of figurative language uses like or as to compare two unlike things?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Cliche

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The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one.

• The car is very old.
• The car was truly made in prehistoric times.
• The car is very new.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The restless children were hopping about like kernels in a corn popper.

What figure of speech is this an example of?

• Metaphore

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The Flash is fast like lightning." This is an example of...

• personification
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A