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Similes and Metaphors Lesson

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

3rd Grade

CCSS covered

Similes and Metaphors Lesson
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

simile

hyperbole

idiom

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

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

The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod. 
What two things are being compared in this this sentence?

friends to peas

friends to pods

peas to pods

best to friends

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

alliteration

simile

onomatopoeia

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The baby girl’s smile was the sun on dark days. 
What does the metaphor mean above?

The baby girl's smile made other people happy.

When the baby girl smiled the sun would rise. 

The baby never smiled. 

The baby girl's smile made the moon come out. 

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What two things are being compared in the metaphor:

"Her tears were rivers flowing down her cheeks."

her and cheeks

tears and rivers

rivers and flowing

rivers and cheeks

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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