Sim, Simile
Exager-dictions
Go Figure!
Vocab
Sara's Story
100

What does this Simile mean?

He was brave like a lion?

He was fearless.

100

Write a contradiction for: Mrs. Sandlin only ate vegetables. Mrs. Sandlin had pork for dinner.

IF Mrs. Sandlin only eats vegetables, THEN she didn't eat pork for dinner.

100

What figurative language is the following example:

The mesa is like a table.

Simile

100

Jett SHUFFLED as he was carrying his mom"s groceries.

a. walked slowly

b. jumped high

c. stumbled

a. walked slowly

100

Name a reason the monkey looked forlorn after he was in Sara's room.

He wanted to go back to his master

200

She could swim like a fish.

What does this Simile mean?

She was an excellent swimmer.

200

What is the exaggeration?

This homework is going to take me a million years to finish.

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Bonus: rewrite the statement to make it "true."

200

What figurative language is the following example:

Henry ran a thousand miles in a day.

Exaggeration

200

LeeMing DID NOT HIDE HIS ANGER when he got a C on his spelling test.

What vocab word fits in the bolded words?

Vented

200

Monkey was in Sara's room and he looked mournful. Sara kept talking to him. Why?

a. He looked mournful

b. She wanted to talk him in staying with her.

c. He seemed to understand what she was saying.

c. He seemed to understand what she was saying.


300

The moon was like a bite from a watermelon piece. 

What two things are the same in this Simile?


moon and bite from watermelon piece.

BONUS: Write another simile for the moon.

300

What figurative language is the following example:

Sugam is a walking encyclopedia.

Metaphor

BONUS: Write a metaphor (sentence)

300

Amelia THOUGHT ABOUT how she would decorate her new bedroom.

a. tinkered

b. pondered

c. happy

b. pondered

400

Write a simile for this accurate statement.

Natalia is a smooth reader. 

Natalia reads like _______________.

400

What figurative language is the following example:

Levi was a rattlesnake.

Metaphor

BONUS: Write another metaphor for Levi

400

Juliana was DEVOTED to her new puppy.


faithful

500

Write a simile for this accurate statement.

Connor has immense happiness on the hockey rink.

On the rink, Connor is like _______________.

500

What figurative language is the following example:

Emma's face was like a star.

Simile

BONUS: What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor

500

Kadi SOFTLY PETTED her new llama.

a. agitated

b. caressed

c. devoted

caressed