Similes and Metaphors Quiz(6.L.5) - Minnie Rupert | Biblioteka

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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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What is a metaphor?

A comparison that uses the words "like" or "as"

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

A independent clause

A type of poem in which two things are compared

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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

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In the sentence, "When the cat stalks his prey, he is a shadow," what two things are being compared?

The cat and its prey

The cat and its shadow

The cat and a shadow

The prey and its shadow

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Which of the following could be added to the phrase, "My cat is black" to form a simile?

And furry

All over

In color

As ink

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Which of the following is a metaphor?

His hair is flame red

Like a flame, his hair is red

In the sunlight, his hair is flame

His hair is red as a flame

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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

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Which of the following sentences contains a simile?

She was a gazelle

She ran faster than a gazelle

A gazelle couldn't run faster than she did

She was as graceful as a gazelle

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He is a walking dictionary.

Simile

Metaphor

Neither

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I like to walk on the beach.

Simile

Metaphor

Neither