Simile and Metaphor

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"a busy beaver" in the sentence: Mom was a busy beaver as she prepared for the holiday party. What are the words in blue an example of?

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Metaphor

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What are the words in blue an example of? as big as an elephant.

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Simile

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What two things are being compared in the metaphor: Her diary was her best friend, guarding her secrets quietly.?

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"Diary" and "her best friend"

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What are the two things being compared in the following sentence? I am as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation.

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"I" and "a hungry bear awakened from hibernation"

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What are the words in blue an example of? During brunch with her grandparents, Yen Wen was a sweet pea. Options: Simile, Metaphor

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Metaphor

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True or False: A metaphor is a comparison that says something is something else.

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True

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A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things. The simile is usually in a phrase that begins with "as" or "like."

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True

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Both similes and metaphors ________. Options: compare things, use the words “like” and “as”, are ways words can rhyme in a poem, make a story less vivid

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compare things

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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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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