Figurative Language Practice

Both similes and metaphors compare two unlike things but similes use the words like or as.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The man was like an octopus, grabbing things from everywhere.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The woman was a thundering giant.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The woman's steps were thunder as she ran down the stairs. What's being compared here?

• The woman and the stairs

• Steps and thunder

• Thunder and stairs

• Stairs and running

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This classroom is as hot as an oven. What is the literal meaning?

• The classroom is in an oven

• The classroom is very hot

• The classroom is used for cooking

• The class is going to bake cookies

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Identify the metaphor

• My heart was a bucket full of joy after all the sweet compliments.
• My heart is a muscle.
• My heart is like a hand pump pushing blood all throughout my body.
• My heart is like a muscle.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The baby was like an octopus, pulling all the socks off the rack at the store.
What is the meaning of the simile above?

• The baby had 8 legs.
• The baby lives in the sea.
• The baby was pulling things off the rack so fast it seemed like it had many legs.
• The baby was sleeping. 

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."
What is being personified?

• The walls
• The scream
• The room
• The orange

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Simile or Metaphor:
Life is a flower that grows more beautiful every day.

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Simile or Metaphor:
Life is a flower that grows more beautiful every day.

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D