Figurative Language Analysis

Explain how personification is used in this sentence: "The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky."

• It describes the stars as performing a human activity, dancing, to enhance the beauty of the scene.

• It shows the stars and the moon having a playful relationship.

• It literally means the stars are dancing.

• It uses "danced" to show the movement of the stars.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks.

• He runs like the wind.

• She is as tall as a giraffe.

• It's raining cats and dogs.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Analyze the use of repetition in this poem excerpt: "The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on."

• It emphasizes the stealth and quietness of the fog.

• It shows the fog's ability to cover large areas.

• It indicates the fog is an animal.

• It suggests the fog is dangerous.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

Differentiate between the simile and metaphor in these sentences: "He fought like a lion" (simile) and "He was a lion in the fight" (metaphor).

• The simile compares two things using "like" or "as," while the metaphor directly states one thing is another.

• The metaphor uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison, while the simile directly states one thing is another.

• Both sentences are examples of similes.

• Both sentences are examples of metaphors.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

Identify the simile in this sentence: "Her smile was as bright as the sun on a summer day."

• Her smile

• as bright as

• the sun on a summer day

• was as bright as the sun

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the metaphor in this sentence: "Time is a thief that steals our moments."

• Time is a thief

• steals our moments

• Time

• our moments

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following sentences contains an idiom?

• It's raining cats and dogs.

• She is as busy as a bee.

• He moved at a snail's pace.

• The sun smiled down on us.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Identify the alliteration in the following line of poetry: "She sells sea shells by the sea shore."

• She sells

• sea shells

• by the

• sea shore

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Which of the following is a simile?

• He is a lion in battle.

• She swims like a fish.

• Time is a thief.

• The clouds are cotton balls in the sky.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Identify the onomatopoeia in the following sentence: "The bees buzzed as they moved from flower to flower."

• moved

• flower

• buzzed

• bees

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking