Metaphor Similes

Her tears shone in the night like the lights of the station wagon

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Neither

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A figure of speech that compares two things that are alike in some way using “like” or “as.”

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The city is a sea of sadness.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

That girl is as tough as nails.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He was scared so much he was as white as a ghost.

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The band played as loud as a sonic boom.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• eardrums

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

After playing football on the cold January day, his fingers were icicles.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hot chocolate

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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.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Fruit is fuel for a healthy body. 

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration 

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4