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Figurative Language Simile and Metaphor

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

Figurative Language Simile and Metaphor
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The baby was like an octopus, pulling all the socks off the rack at the store.
What is the meaning of the simile above?

The baby had 8 legs.

The baby lives in the sea.

The baby was pulling things off the rack so fast it seemed like it had many legs.

The baby was sleeping. 

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Life is a flower that grows more beautiful every day.

simile

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which word means: 'To compare two objects using the words like or as?'

Personification 

Metaphor

Simile  

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

4.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

During brunch with his grandparents, Jacob was a real pig is an example of a (a)   .

Simile

Metaphor

Answer explanation

The phrase 'Jacob was a real pig' is a metaphor because it directly compares Jacob's behavior to that of a pig, implying he was greedy or messy without using 'like' or 'as', which would indicate a simile.

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

5.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

Comparison using like or as...​ (a)  

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Simile

Idiom

Symbol

Personification

Tags

7.9D

6.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

During brunch with his grandparents, Jacob was a real pig. 
What are the words in blue an example of?

(a)  

Simlie

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

7.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

What are the two unlike things being compared in the sentence below?

Time is as cruel as a thief in the night.

(a)   ​ ​ (b)  

Time

is

cruel

thief

night

as

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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