Simile & Metaphor

Tyler stood up, popping out of his seat like a toaster strudel.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The sun was a gleaming pearl.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the definition of smilie?

• comparing two unlike things

• two or more words with the same beginning sound

• When a group of words have a different meaning than what they actually say

• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Sophie's tears were a river flowing down her

cheeks.

• noun

• metaphor

• simile

• verb

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the definition of metaphor?

• Comparing two unlike things

• two or more words with the same beginning sound

• comparing two unlike things using like or as

• I love my dog

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does the simile "ran like the wind" mean in the sentence below.
The girl ran like the wind to the ice-cream stand.

• The wind was blowing really hard.

• The wind made the girl run.

• The girl ran really fast.

• It was windy at the ice-cream stand.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the simile in the sentence below.
James was so tired when he got home that he slept like a baby.

• James was tired

• slept like a baby

• he got home

• James was a baby

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the meaning of the following simile?

"as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation"

• Someone is really hungry

• Someone is slightly sleepy

• Someone is extremely sleepy.

• Someone is slightly hungry.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What two things are being compared in the sentence " Sariyah is as cute as a puppy." ?

• cute and the puppy

• the sentence isnt comparing anything

• Sariyah and the puppy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is being compared in the sentence " Carlton was as brave as a lion." ?

• "brave" and "lion"

• Carlton and "brave"

• Carlton and a lion

• Nothing is being compared.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D