Simile and Idioms

What is the meaning of the underlined expression in this sentence.

Steven sings like a nightingale.

• Steven's singing is unpleasant.

• Steven is a nightingale.

• Steven sings beautifully.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which figurative language compares 2 unlike things using like or as?

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which is an example of a simile?

• Your bedroom is a pigpen.

• Kim is never nervous. She is always as cool as a cucumber.

• Lily and Jasmine didn’t want to beat around the bush, so they just told us who broke the vase.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Determine the type of sentence.

It is raining cats and dogs outside.

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Determine the type of sentence.

Don’t just sit there like a bump on a log!

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

She cried like a little baby.

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Marcos is as slow as a turtle when he eats his breakfast.

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Mrs. Crown was as busy as a bee this weekend.

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

De'Ja is as fast as lightening.

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The lightbulb is as bright as the sun.

• Metaphor

• Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D