Poetry Slam

What is a metaphor?

• Compares two things using like or as
• Compares two things NOT using like or as
• Gives human qualities to objects
• It's a sound word

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CCSS.L.4.5A

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True or false. This is an example of a metaphor: Juliet is like the sun.

• True
• False

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CCSS.L.4.5A

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Life is a roller coaster. What does this metaphor mean?

• They have a new roller coaster at Darien Lake
• You're in danger when you're on a roller coaster
• Life has ups and downs
• I shouldn't ride roller coasters

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

The classroom was a zoo. What does this metaphor mean?

• The students were loud and crazy in class.
• Some animals from the zoo visited our classroom.
• The class went on a field trip to the zoo.
• Some animals should be kept as pets in the classroom.

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When he was grounded from video games, his house was a prison. What does this metaphor mean?

• He was sent to jail for playing video games.
• Being grounded made him feel as if he were in prison
• Someone left his video games on the ground.
• He was playing a prison video game.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• Every poem has at least one simile or metaphor

• They are literary techniques commonly found in poetry

• They are rarely used in writings other than poetry

• They are tricks poets use to fool their readers

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is a simile?

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

• a comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"

• An adverbial phrase that compares one thing to another

• a type of poem in which two things are compared

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.1.1F

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

• The cat and its prey

• The cat and its shadow

• The cat and a shadow

• The prey and its shadow

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following could be added to the phrase, "My cat is black" to form a simile?

• And furry

• All over

• In color

• As ink

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3