Understanding Metaphors

Make some literal and inferential observations about this picture.

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Select the sentence that uses a Metaphor to best describe what you see in the picture.

• The sun is bright.

• The snowboarder flew like Superman.

• The snow was a white blanket covering the mountains.

• The snow is cold as ice.

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CCSS.L.5.5A

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Write a metaphor about the objects or topics in the picture. Example objects and topics: Sun, Snowboarding, Mountains, etc. Be creative!!!

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Select all the metaphors in the paragraph:

Jordan shivered. His fingers were ice! Putting his gloves back on, he thought the ski lodge would be a nice place to warm up, but instead, it was a refrigerator. He looked at the heater in the corner– a dinosaur of an appliance. It clearly had not heated the lodge for years. He’d have to find somewhere else to warm his bones.

• His fingers were ice!

• it was a refrigerator.

• a dinosaur of an appliance

• somewhere else to warm his bones.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Make some literal and inferential observations about this picture.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Select the sentence that uses a Metaphor to best describe what you see in the picture.

• The house was a prison for the little boy.

• The window was as cold as ice.

• He wanted to go outside and play more than anything!

• The playground sat untouched in the snow storm.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Write a metaphor about the objects or topics in the picture. Example objects and topics: Diapers, Babies, Being stuck inside, etc. Be creative!!!

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Select all the metaphors in the paragraph.

To the boy, the snowflakes were sparkling diamonds falling from the thick balls of cotton above. Even with all the beauty of the snow, the little boy couldn’t help but be sad. Playing outside on his swing set was heaven for him, and as long as it kept snowing, he would have to stay inside.

• the snowflakes were sparking diamonds

• thick balls of cotton above

• beauty of the snow

• Playing outside on his swing set was heaven

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D