Similes

My mom was __ tall like a 🦒

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What two things are being compared in the following simile?

Her hair is as white as snow.

Select two answers.

• Hair

• Snow White

• Snow

• A girl

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

clear as mud

• something is dirty

• something is impossible to understand

• something is impossible to see

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Which of the following is a simile?

• I looked up as I heard a bird above my head.

• The mom was as excited as a kid on Christmas morning.

• Jenny likes to go swimming in the river.

• Kendal was a fish in the water.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

old as the hills

• the thing or person is really old

• the thing or person is outdated

• the thing or person is unpopular

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

dead as a dodo

• something is outdated

• something is unpopular

• something is smelly

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What is the meaning of the following Simile?
Sylvia's new lotion made her face as smooth as a baby's skin.

• Sylvia's face was really rough.
• Sylvia's face was really smooth. 
• Sylvia's face was oily. 
• Sylvia's face was really dry. 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

busy as a bee

• person likes working

• person has a lot of time

• person has a lot of tasks

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

like two peas in a pod

• very similar, have a lot in common

• not close, but have same interests

• they are siblings or relatives

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

like a fish out of water

• feel unusual

• feel comfortable

• feel strange and uneasy

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B