Simile, Metaphor and Personification

What is a simile?

• the use of the same beginning consonant sound

• a form of figurative language/a figure of speech

• a figure of speech in which two words with opposite meaning are used together

• a question that does not need an answer

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

The two words used in similes are _____________.

• LIKE

  AS

• IS

  ARE

• WAS

  WERE

• VERBS

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Pick the correct simile.

• The world is small.

• The world is big.

• The world is here.

• The world is like a stage.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Complete the simile:

She swims ____________.

• like a fish

• in the river

• with her friend.

• very well

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which metaphor best represents this image?

c

money is time

time is like moeny

time is money

time is green

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

Complete the simile:

He's _______ hairy ______ a gorilla.

• like .... as

• like .... like

• as ..... as

• very ....like

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Metaphor is a form of _________________.

• short answer

• figurative speech

• the rule of three

• antithesis

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

Which of the following is FALSE about metaphor?

• It conveys an idea or emotion more easily and better.

• It uses 'is' or 'was' and 'are' and 'were'.

• It makes a more imaginative description of something.

• It uses the words LIKE AND as.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Personification is a figurative language that gives __________, emotion and behaviour to animals and inanimate objects or ideas

• meaning

• human characteristics

• description

• explanation

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CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which of the following is a personification?

• She swims like a fish.

• He is a lion.

• The tree whispered in the wind.

• She is as smart as an owl.

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CCSS.L.6.5A