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Reading & writing · Grades 5–9

Figurative language and precise interpretation

A simile often uses like or as. A metaphor makes a direct comparison. Personification gives human qualities to nonhuman things.

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Understand the idea

Distinguish comparison types

A simile often uses like or as. A metaphor makes a direct comparison. Personification gives human qualities to nonhuman things.

Use evidence

Name the wording that supports an interpretation.

Examples and reasoning

The hallway was a river of students is mainly a

metaphor

metaphor

The tent shook like a leaf is mainly a

simile

simile

Check your understanding

  1. The tired gate groaned is an example of

    1. numerical proof
    2. a table heading
    3. a direct quotation of data
    4. personification

  2. I have told you a million times uses

    1. a bibliography
    2. a precise count necessarily
    3. a map scale
    4. hyperbole

  3. The cool creek curled around the rocks repeats an initial sound. This is

    1. a hypothesis
    2. alliteration
    3. an equation
    4. chronology

  4. Which sentence is most literal?

    1. The bag ate my homework.
    2. The bag weighs 3 kilograms.
    3. The bag is my enemy.
    4. The bag weighs a mountain.

Answers and marking notes

Answers and marking notes
  1. personification

    personification

  2. hyperbole

    hyperbole

  3. alliteration

    alliteration

  4. The bag weighs 3 kilograms.

    The bag weighs 3 kilograms.

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