Similes & Metaphors

What two things are being compared in the following metaphor?
The crab was a dancing pair of scissors, clicking across the sand. 

• Crab and Sand

• Crab and dancing scissors

• Scissors and sand

• Dancing and sand. 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My grandma is as sweet as sugar.

• she is very nice

• she wears sweet perfume

• she likes to bake sweets

• she loves CHOCOLATE!

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Her tears shone in the night like the lights of the station wagon

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Neither

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A figure of speech that compares two things that are alike in some way using “like” or “as.”

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

The city is a sea of sadness.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Toa is as brave as a strong chicken

• Metaphor

• Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He exhaled slowly, each breath as ragged as a bumpy brick road

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Neither

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I'm as sleepy as a bear that just work up from its winter sleep

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Neither

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

That box is as light as a feather

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Neither

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My life is a dream.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D