Figurative Language: Simile And Metaphor

Figurative Language: Simile and Metaphor

Presentation

•

English

•

4th Grade

•

Medium

•

CCSS

L.4.5A, RL.4.3, L.5.5A

+10

Standards-aligned

Selena Hunter

Used 2K+ times

FREE Resource

5 Slides • 10 Questions

Figurative Language: Simile and Metaphors

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Similes and Metaphors

Authors sometimes help readers imagine what one thing is like by comparing it to something else.

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Simile

A simile makes a comparison using the words like or as.

Subject | Subject

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Simile	What it Means
Alicia's dog, Ollie, has paws as big as dinner plates.	Ollie has very big paws.
His bark sounds like thunder.	Ollie has a loud bark.

Multiple Choice

What is a simile?

A comparison using like or as.

The author's point of view.

What the story is about.

The main characters problem.

Multiple Choice

Is this a simile?

"A donkey is as funny as a clown!"

Yes

Fill in the Blanks

Type answer...

Metaphor

A metaphor makes a comparison without using like or as.

Subject | Subject

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Metaphor	What It Means
Ollie is a mountain of a dog.	Ollie is a very large dog.

Multiple Choice

What is a metaphor?

A comparison using like or as.

Where the story takes place.

A comparison not using like or as.

What the whole story is about.

Multiple Choice

The baby girl’s smile was the sun on dark days.
What does the metaphor mean above?

The baby girl's smile made other people happy.

When the baby girl smiled the sun would rise.

The baby never smiled.

The baby girl's smile made the moon come out.

Multiple Choice

Simile or Metaphor?
My brother was boiling mad.

simile

metaphor

Let's practice some more!

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

The baby girl’s smile was the sun on dark days.
What does the metaphor mean above?

The baby girl's smile made other people happy.

When the baby girl smiled the sun would rise.

The baby never smiled.

The baby girl's smile made the moon come out.

Multiple Choice

Which phrase is NOT a simile?

He's a workhorse

He's as strong as an ox

He is as fast as a cheetah

You're as cold as ice

Multiple Choice

Read the following passage.

Adam’s love for Pizza burns bright, an undying flame that can never be extinguished, not even by a bad pepperoni.

Which of the following best describes the metaphor in this passage?

Adam’s love for pizza is compared to a bad pepperoni.

Adam loves pizza.

Adam’s love for pizza is compared to a flame.

Adam’s love is compared to a pizza.

Figurative Language: Simile and Metaphors

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Show answer

Auto Play

Slide 1 / 15

SLIDE

Similar Resources on Wayground

11 questions

The New Kid on the Block Figurative Language

Presentation

•

4th Grade

12 questions

Proper Nouns

Presentation

•

4th Grade

10 questions

Story Elements Review

Presentation

•

4th Grade

13 questions

Progressive Verb Tense

Presentation

•

4th Grade

13 questions

Main idea

Presentation

•

4th Grade

13 questions

Relating Fractions to Decimals

Presentation

•

4th Grade

11 questions

Love That Dog

Presentation

•

4th Grade

11 questions

Unit 5 Drama Passage Review

Presentation

•

4th Grade

Popular Resources on Wayground

24 questions

PBIS-HGMS Day 10

Quiz

•

6th - 8th Grade

10 questions

HCS SCI 03 Summer School Review 3

Quiz

•

3rd Grade

11 questions

Home Scope

Quiz

•

7th - 8th Grade

15 questions

HCS SCI 05 Summer School Assessment 3 Review

Quiz

•

5th Grade

35 questions

Lufkin Road Middle School Student Handbook & Policies Assessment

Quiz

•

7th Grade

18 questions

Geo 11.3 Area of Circles and Sectors

Quiz

•

9th - 11th Grade

Figurative Language: Simile and Metaphor

​Figurative Language: Simile and Metaphors

​Similes and Metaphors

​Let's practice some more!

​Figurative Language: Simile and Metaphors

Similar Resources on Wayground

Popular Resources on Wayground

Figurative Language: Simile and Metaphors

Similes and Metaphors

Let's practice some more!

Figurative Language: Simile and Metaphors