Similes and Metaphors
Authored by Margaret Anderson
English
9th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
A metaphor is...
A literal comparison between two things
A figurative comparison between two unlike things for effect
A figurative comparison using "like" or "as"
A commonly used expression
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CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
An extended metaphor...
Puts multiple metaphors together
Combines a metaphor with a simile
Analyzes the purpose/effect of metaphors
Develops a single metaphor over multiple lines
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Identify the extended metaphor:
None of these options
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CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Identify the extended metaphor:
"My mom is a hero. My dad is a zero"
"My house is a circus. We kids are monkeys bouncing around with no purpose, tightrope walkers balancing on the back legs of chairs, we fly like trapeze artists up and down the stairs"
I wanna get married, like the Currys, Steph and Ayesha sh--/
But we more like Belly, Tommy and Keisha sh--/
Gave you TLC, you wanna creep and sh--
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Identify the original comparison:
Hope to a song
A song to "a thing with feathers"
Birds to crumbs
Hope to a bird
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Why would a writer choose to extend a metaphor?
To draw a clearer comparison and help the reader visualize
To confuse the reader
To compare to unlike things without explanation
To make the reader come to his/her own conclusions
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
"Time is an endless roller-coaster ride: it stops for no one, and it keeps going round and round. Sometimes it feels fast, and sometimes it slows down." What is the original metaphor here?
A roller-coaster and endless
Time and a roller-coaster
A ride and a roller-coaster
A person and time
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
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