Simile and Metaphor

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English

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8th - 12th Grade

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L.5.5A, RL.11-12.9, RI.11-12.7

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Sara Watts

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Simile and Metaphor

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the following metaphor?
Her diary was her best friend, guarding all of her secrets.

Her best friend was writing in her diary.

Her diary was open so that everyone could see her secrets

Her secrets weren't safe in her diary.

Her secrets are safe because they are written in her diary, which could not talk.

Multiple Choice

What two things are being compared in the following metaphor?
Her diary was her best friend, guarding her secrets quietly.

"best friend" and "secrets"

"diary'' and "secrets"

"Diary" and "her best friend"

"her" and "diary"

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the following simile?
"as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation"

Someone is really hungry

Someone is slightly sleepy

Someone is extremely sleepy.

Someone is slightly hungry.

Multiple Choice

What are the two things being compared in the following sentence?
I am as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation.

"I" and "hungry"

"I" and "a hungry bear awakened from hibernation"

"Bear" and "hibernation"

"hungry" and "hibernation"

Multiple Choice

Simile or Metaphor?
Zando is as hungry as a bear.

Simile

Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Simile or Metaphor?
Grace is like an angel.

Metaphor

Simile

Multiple Choice

Simile or Metaphor:
My mother's hair is as soft as a cloud.

simile

metaphor

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

The house was a carnival

The house was noisy like a carnival

The house had a carnival-like atmosphere

The carnival moved into the house

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences contains a simile?

The mouse was quiet

The mouse was whisper-quiet

The mouse was quiet as a whisper

The mouse's footsteps sounded whispery

Multiple Choice

What is a simile?

a comparison using the words "like" or "as"

a comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"

An adverbial phrase that compares one thing to another

a type of poem in which two things are compared

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