Simile & Metaphor

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Similes and metaphors are poetic devices. What does this mean?

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They are literary techniques commonly found in poetry

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What is a simile?

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a comparison using the words "like" or "as"

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Which of the following sentences contains a simile? The mouse was quiet, The mouse was whisper-quiet, The mouse was quiet as a whisper, The mouse's footsteps sounded whispery

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The mouse was quiet as a whisper

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In the sentence, "When the cat stalks his prey, he is a shadow," what two things are being compared?

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The cat and a shadow

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Metaphor

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A comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"

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What could be added to the phrase, "My cat is black" to form a simile? Options: And furry, All over, In color, As ink

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As ink

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Which of the following is a metaphor?

• His hair is flame red
• Like a flame, his hair is red
• In the sunlight, his hair is flame
• His hair is red as a flame

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In the sunlight, his hair is flame

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Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor? The house was a carnival, The house was noisy like a carnival, The house had a carnival-like atmosphere, The carnival moved into the house

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The house was a carnival

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Decipher

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Figure Out

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Which of the following sentences contains a simile? She was a gazelle, She ran faster than a gazelle, A gazelle couldn't run faster than she did, She was as graceful as a gazelle

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She was as graceful as a gazelle