Literacy Devices

The boy was as quick as lightning in the race

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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The mom was a busy bee making the thanksgiving dinner

• Similie

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

John's suggestion was just a Band-Aid for the problem

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

which of these are similes

• Life is a rollercoaster

• She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show

• The bottle rolled off the table like a teardrop

• Grandpa lounged on the raft in the middle of the pool like an old battleship

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

which of these are metaphors

• The handshake felt like warm laundry

• Her eyes were fireflies

• Kathy arrived at the grocery store with an army of children

• The clouds were like ice-cream castles in the sky

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

which is the metaphor

• The truth was like a bad taste on his tongue

• Her hope was a fragile seed

• Her hair was as soft as a spider web

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

which is the simile

• Each dollar bill was a like a magic wand to cast away problems

• The teacher planted the seeds of wisdom

• David is a worm for what he did to Shelia

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

what is a simile

• a type of food

• comparing two things using as and like

• comparing two things without using as and like

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

what is a metaphor

• a type of car

• comparing things using as and like

• comparing things without as and like

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D