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Meaning of Similes and Metaphors

Students read a sentence with a simile or metaphor underlined and choose the plain meaning from four choices, one of which is the literal reading.
Student Objectives
  • Explain the meaning of a simile or metaphor in context
  • Tell figurative meaning from the literal meaning of the words
  • Use the rest of the sentence as a clue to the meaning
  • Understand why writers use comparisons
Standards
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