Language

Children and dogs and houses bloom
like crowded flowers,
This is an example of: 

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

On the way up north to the cabin,
the sunshine sits in my lap all morning. 
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

The river spills over rocks and whispers to me-
Kawishiwee...Kawishiwee-
and rushes on to anywhere.
This is an example of: 

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Like a house on stilts,
a bull moose stands in the shallows.
This is an example of:

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Dusk prepares for the great
celebration of night.
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

Kisses are the flowers of affection.
This is an example of: 

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Dawn is like a seed
that will grow into daylight.
This is an example of: 

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

Explain the meaning of the simile below.

The road was as flat as a pancake.

• The road was the color of a pancake.

• The road had a lot of bumps.

• The road was very flat.

• The road was in Waco.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Explain the meaning of the metaphor below.

Todd is a walking dictionary!

• Todd knows the meaning of many words.

• Todd looks like a dictionary.

• Todd has a dictionary with him.

• Todd is actually a dictionary.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D