Understanding Similes and Metaphors

Which sentence contains a simile?

• Butterflies of many hues fluttered over the river.

• One type was the burity with stiff fronds like enormous fans.

• The trees leaned over the river from both banks.

• The day was overcast, with showers of rain.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In the sentence, “One type was the burity with stiff fronds like enormous fans,” what two things are being compared?

• The color of the rainforest and gold

• The trees and columns

• The fronds of the palm and a fan

• The sky and a painting

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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 is a metaphor?

• Their fronds were an arched fretwork against the sky.

• The trees leaned over the river from both banks.

• Butterflies of many hues fluttered over the river.

• When the sun broke through rifts in the clouds, his shafts turned the whole forest to gold.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

How does the metaphor "Their fronds were an arched fretwork against the sky" help the reader understand the description?

• It helps the reader understand the delicate pattern of the leaves.

• It shows that the trees are strong.

• It describes how dark the forest is.

• It tells the reader about the animals in the rainforest.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which phrase best helps describe the appearance of a burity palm?

• Like enormous fans

• Many kinds of palms

• Very long

• Rain-drenched green

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

In the sentence, “If you destroy the beauty of the rainforest, on what would you feast your eyes?” what does the idiom "feast your eyes" mean?

• To see something with pleasure

• To eat a big meal

• To get tired from looking at something

• To destroy something

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Which sentence contains personification?

• The angry storm tossed the ship in the sea.

• The car was red and shiny.

• The blanket was as soft as a cloud.

• The mountain was tall and rocky.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which point of view is written from "I" or "we"?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

• Omniscient

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

How does first-person point of view affect a story?

• It allows the reader to experience the character’s thoughts and feelings directly.

• It provides information the character does not know.

• It describes events without emotion.

• It only includes dialogue.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What information does third-person point of view provide that first-person does not?

• The character's exact emotions

• Details the character is unaware of

• Only dialogue from other characters

• Firsthand thoughts from the main character

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6