Simile and Metaphor

Please complete the sentence below with one of the choices available.

Metaphors...

• are the same as similes.

• compare two ideas not using

  like or as.

• use figurative

  language

  badly.

• are not important

  to good writing.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

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Match the following similes and metaphor ideas.

• is

  Superman.

• Metaphors

• compare using

  like or as.

• Sharon is as tall

• don't us

  like or as

  to compare.

• The Hulk is

• as a

  mountain.

• Clark Kent

• a scientist.

• Similes

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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Please complete the sentence below with one of the choices available.

Figurative language...

• uses figures to express ideas.

• uses words that come from German.

• doesn't mean what it says.

• means exactly what it says.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Reorder the following METAPHOR sentence.

• tasting.

• apples

• sandy

• a

• Ripe

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Reorder the following SIMILE sentence.

• like a

• praying mantis.

• Dwayne

• courageously

• fights

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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He slept like a log.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

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I can run like a cheetah!

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following sentences contains a simile?

• The world is a stage.

• He is as brave as a lion.

• Time is a thief.

• The classroom was a zoo.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the metaphor in the following options.

• She is a shining star.

• He runs like the wind.

• The leaves danced in the wind.

• As busy as a bee.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the main difference between a simile and a metaphor?

• A simile uses 'like' or 'as' to compare, while a metaphor does not.

• A metaphor uses 'like' or 'as' to compare, while a simile does not.

• Both use 'like' or 'as' to compare.

• Neither uses 'like' or 'as' to compare.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D