Similes and Metaphors

He is as sly as a fox.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He is as funny as a monkey.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Sam is a chicken.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I am as happy as a pig in mud.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My teacher is a dragon.

• metaphor

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod. 
What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What two things are being compared in this this sentence?

• friends to peas

• friends to pods

• peas to pods

• best to friends

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:

• alliteration

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• 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

Which of the following is a simile?

• I looked up as I heard a bird above my head.

• The mom was as excited as a kid on Christmas morning.

• Jenny likes to go swimming in the river.

• Kendal was a fish in the water.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D