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Grade 8 Simile CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.8.5

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"The sun was like a large ball of butter" is an example of what literary technique?
  1. Personification
  2. Simile
  3. Oxymoron
  4. Paradox
Grade 8 Simile
"Bob is as brave as a lion" is an example of what literary device in action?
  1. personification
  2. simile
  3. irony
  4. metaphor
Grade 8 Simile

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Which lines from the poem contain a simile?
  1. "I am a curled up caterpillar / The floor is my leaf"
  2. "The cocoon is falling apart / My feet stretch out like wings"
  3. "I am running from the shadows / And running for myself"
  4. "When the breeze brushes / Against my forehead gently"
Grade 8 Simile

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The simile in lines 3 and 4 of the poem, "My calves have given up / Like marshmallows under fire" shows that?
  1. the speaker's calves are white.
  2. the speaker hates running.
  3. the speaker needs to be warm.
  4. the speaker's legs feel weak.