Literary device

as _______ as a lion

• timid

• brave

• light

• gentle

The kids ran __________ to the candy store.

• like a ghost

• like the wind

• like a dog

• like a giraffe

A simile

• says one thing is another

• uses "like or as"

• must be taught before you understand it

The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Oxymoron

My parents think she is as innocent as an angel.

• oxymoron

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Which is an example of a simile?

• His room was a hurricane of a mess.
• His room looked as if a hurricane came through.
• A hurricane! AHHH!
• The hurricane screamed through the town. 

"Cathy is a cute as a kitten" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• simile
• hyperbole
• personification
• metaphor

Which of the examples are a simile

• as quite as a mouse

• as a big tiger roared

• the big bird

• as the floppy fish flopped in the sea

A similie is . . .

• a comparision of two unlike things using like or as

• a comparision of two unlike things without using like or as

as sharp as a

• razor

• board

• lawnmower