Lesson - 5 Similes
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English
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5th Grade
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JR Thompson
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes how similes enhance written and oral expression?
They make language more vivid and interesting.
They make sentences longer.
They make poems rhyme.
They help memorize facts.
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Multiple Choice
Which literary device is defined as a comparison of unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
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Multiple Choice
Based on the examples from 'Saving Sweetness,' which phrase is a simile?
She looks like somethin' the cat drug in and the dog wouldn't eat.
Coyote Pete is as mean as an acre of rattlesnakes.
Mrs. Sump was hollerin' like a banshee.
That little orphan is just as cute as a speckled pup under a wagon.
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Multiple Choice
A ___ is an implied comparison between two unlike things.
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Multiple Select
Which of the following are examples of figurative language found in 'Saving Sweetness'?
Choose all that are correct!
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
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Multiple Choice
What literary device is used in the example 'My hair feels like rabbit fur' and in the self-portrait template?
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
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