Identifying and Using Similes

What is the simile? My little sister walks as slow as a turtle.

• slow as a turtle

• my little sister

• walks as slow

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Complete the Simile:

As cold as _______

• ice

• sand

• crystal

• silk

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Complete the Simile:
As busy as a

• cow

• bee

• goat

• buffalo

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Complete the Simile:

As big as ______

• an ant

• a giraffe

• a bottle

• an elephant

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Complete the Simile: 
As flat as a _______

• cake

• tree

• pancake

• muffin

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does "slow as a snail" mean?

• it looks like a snail

• it's the shape of a snail

• it moves quickly

• it moves very slowly

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does "pretty as a picture" mean?

• something is ugly

• something you have a picture of

• something is beautiful

• something is in the shape of a frame

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What does "sweet as honey" mean?

• it's gooey

• it's drippy

• it's sweet

• it's the color of honey

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The dog is as big as a horse

• The dog is very big

• The dog looks like a horse

• The dog is small

• The horse barks

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The box was as heavy as a box of bricks

• Bricks are heavy.

• The box was heavy.

• Someone was carrying a box of bricks.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4