Mr Grinch Figurative Language

Click on the metaphor.

• You're a bad banana with the greasy black peel

• You're as charming as an eel

• You're as cuddly as a cactus

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Click on the simile.

• You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch

• You really are a heel

• You're as cuddly as a cactus

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Why is Grinch compared to a cactus?

• Because they are both green

• Because they are both prickly

• Because they are both cuddly

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"You're as charming as an eel" is a __________.

• simile

• Metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"Oh, the Noise! Noise! Noise! Noise!" --> This is an example of

• repetition

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Your heart's an empty hole" is a ___________.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What else is the Grinch's heart compared to?

• a tomato

• a dump heap

• a heel

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

"He slithered and slunk with a smile most unpleasant...."

This is an example of _______.

• repetition

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Find the simile!

• He slunk to the icebox, he took the Who feast!

• He stuffed all the food up the chimney with glee

• He cleaned out that icebox as quick as a flash.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"He heard a small sound like the coo of a dove..."

This is an example of _______.

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• repetition

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4