Meanings of Similes and Metaphors

Choose the example for figurative meaning.

• The students sounded like a zoo was released inside the cafeteria.

• The male lion has a mane that surrounds its face.

• The vicious lion pounced at the innocent zebra.

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LAFS.7.RI.2.4

"A heart of gold" is an example of

• a simile

• a metaphor

• an analogy

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CCSS.L.5.5A

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"She is as busy as a  bee" is an example of

• a simile

• a metaphor

• alliteration

• an idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Without my glasses, I am as blind as a bat. is an example of 

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Metaphors

• use "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things.

• are a comparison of two unlike things where you say that one thing is something else.  For example, "My grandpa is a teddy bear."

• is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

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CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

You are the apple of my eye" is an example of 

• a simile

• a metaphor

• an analogy

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get." is an example of

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personfication

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

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Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• A) Her smile is sunshine.

• B) He runs like the wind.

• C) She is as brave as a lion.

• D) The leaves danced in the wind.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the simile in the following sentence: 'The clouds were like cotton candy in the sky.'

• A) The clouds were like cotton candy.

• B) Cotton candy in the sky.

• C) The clouds were in the sky.

• D) The sky was blue.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does the metaphor 'Time is a thief' imply?

• A) Time steals moments from our lives.

• B) Time is a criminal.

• C) Time is valuable.

• D) Time is a clock.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D