Identifying and Using Metaphors

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English
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5th Grade
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Hard
+8
Standards-aligned
Sarah Williams
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How can similes and metaphors enhance writing?
By making the writing more straightforward.
By making the writing more boring.
By making the writing more confusing.
By engaging readers in a more imaginative and expressive way.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a learning objective related to similes and metaphors?
Practice identifying similes and metaphors in texts
Explain the characteristics of metaphors
Identify metaphors
Recognize examples of metaphors
Tags
CCSS.L.4.6
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.W.5.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the purpose of using similes and metaphors in writing?
To make the writing more straightforward.
To confuse the reader.
To make the writing more boring.
To create vivid descriptions and convey deeper meanings.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
A simile directly states that one thing is another, while a metaphor compares two things using connecting words like 'like' or 'as'.
A simile and a metaphor are the same thing.
A simile compares two things using connecting words like 'like' or 'as', while a metaphor directly states that one thing is another.
A simile and a metaphor are both used to describe emotions.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Figures of speech: The metaphor:
when an image is created by referring to something as something else, for example: You`re a star
compares something to something else using like or as, for example: As big as a house
exaggeration for efect, for example: I`ve told you a thousand times.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Figurative language:
means actual, describes something as it actually is. For example: The grass is green.
uses similes, metaphors, hyperbole and personification to describe something, often by comparing it with something else
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
is being compared to the following metaphor?
Spring is my friend Sarah, happy and full of promise.
Sarah
promise
friend
spring
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
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