Figures of Speech

A simile is:

• A direct comparison without “like” or “as”

• A comparison using “like” or “as”

• Exaggeration

• Giving human traits

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“She was as brave as a lion” is an example of:

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Identify the simile: “The clouds were like cotton balls.”

• like cotton balls

• The clouds

• Were

• Cotton balls

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CCSS.L.4.5A

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“He ran like a cheetah” shows:

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Oxymoron

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Which is a simile?

• Life is a journey

• She sings like an angel

• Boom!

• The wind whispered

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Similes are used to:

• Make sounds vivid

• Exaggerate

• Compare two things using “like” or “as”

• Reverse words

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

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A metaphor is:

• A direct comparison without “like” or “as”

• A comparison using “like” or “as”

• Repetition of sounds

• Words that imitate sounds

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which is a metaphor?

• He ran like the wind

• Her eyes were stars in the night sky

• Boom!

• She is as fast as a cheetah

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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“Time is a thief” is an example of:

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Identify the metaphor: “The classroom was a zoo.”

• The classroom was a zoo

• The classroom

• Was

• Zoo

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D