Similes and Metaphors

What is the meaning of the following Simile?
Sylvia's new lotion made her face as smooth as a baby's booty.

• Sylvia's face was really rough.

• Sylvia's face was really smooth. 

• Sylvia's face was oily. 

• Sylvia's face was really dry. 

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Identify the simile.

• The busy store is a beehive.

• He was a broken record.

• The hurricane was a monster.

• Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

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The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod. 
What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simile

• Metaphor

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What two things are being compared in this this sentence?

• friends to peas

• friends to pods

• peas to pods

• best to friends

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When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

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A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:

• alliteration

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

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Which of the following is a simile?

• I looked up as I heard a bird above my head.

• The mom was as excited as a kid on Christmas morning.

• Jenny likes to go swimming in the river.

• Kendal was a fish in the water.

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What two things are being compared in the metaphor:

"Her tears were rivers flowing down her cheeks."

• her and cheeks

• tears and rivers

• rivers and flowing

• rivers and cheeks

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CCSS.L.5.5A

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All of the following are similes except for

• The rumors spread like wildfire about who was going to be the new teacher.

• Emily's new jacket fit like a glove.

• Monique likes to listen to music while she studies.

• I always ask Leo for help because he is as wise as an owl.

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All of the following are similes except for:

• Her plan worked like a dream.

• The teenager ate like a horse.

• I don't know why she doesn't like the dark.

• My dad said he slept like a log.

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CCSS.L.5.5A

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