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Sample Assessment Questions ELACC.4.L.5.

(This is not meant to be printed off and given as a test…this document is to give you ideas of how this standard might be assessed. Please use these as an example when you are developing your own formative assessments. Remember formative assessments are to be given throughout the teaching of a standard to help you guide your instruction based on students needs. A good formative assessment should have a mix of multiple choice as well as open ended.)

Circle the correct answer.

Question #1: Does this sentence contain a simile or a metaphor? Winter is a visitor who stays too long. A. simile B. metaphor

Question #2: Does this sentence contain a simile or a metaphor? The pie crust was cardboard. A. metaphor B. simile

Question #3: Does this sentence contain a simile or a metaphor? The trumpets blared like elephants. A. simile B. metaphor

Question #4: Does this sentence contain a simile or a metaphor? In July, our attic is a furnace. A. metaphor B. simile

Question #5: Does this sentence contain a simile or a metaphor? Clouds, like playful lambs, dance over our heads. A. simile B. metaphor

Question #6: Does this sentence contain a simile or a metaphor? All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. A. metaphor B. simile

Question #7: What is the world compared to in this sentence? All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. A. men and women B. players C. a stage

Question #8: What are men and women compared to in this sentence? All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. A. a stage B. living in the world C. players on the stage

Question #9: Does this sentence contain a simile or a metaphor? The wind was an icy knife cutting through my jacket. A. metaphor B. simile

Question #10: Does this sentence contain a simile or a metaphor? Jim's hair was as dark as midnight. A. metaphor B. simile

Question #11: Does this sentence contain a simile or a metaphor? The ballet dancers were graceful butterflies gliding over the stage. A. metaphor B. simile

Question #12: Does this sentence contain a simile or a metaphor? After Juanita's illness, she was as weak as a kitten. A. simile B. metaphor

READ EACH SENTENCE, AND THEN CHOOSE WHETHER IT IS A METAPHOR OR A SIMILE.

13. Life is a hard row to hoe. A. metaphor B. simile

14. My car turned into a trash can for my brother and his friends. A. metaphor B. simile

15. Ellis, like the Energizer bunny, kept on going. And going. A. metaphor B. simile

16. Laughter trailed behind her like brightly colored ribbons. A. metaphor B. simile

17. The Tomcat jumped like a bucking bronco. A. metaphor B. simile

18. I answered the questions on the test as easily as a hot knife cutting through butter. A. metaphor B. simile

19. Think of laughter as the pearl of your diet. A. metaphor B. simile

20. Rockefeller Center in New York City is the Hope diamond of world real estate. A. metaphor B. simile

21. The clouds were castles in the sky. A. metaphor B. simile

22. Ideas tumbled smashed into one another inside his mind like cars in a demolition derby. A. metaphor B. simile

23. He raced around me like an unloaded semi heading for home. A. metaphor B. simile

24. “It was as big as a pea.” What figure of speech does the author use in this sentence?

A. Metaphor

B. Simile

C. Idiom

D. Personification

In the sentences below, write the word “simile” or “metaphor” after the sentence.

25. That dot is as big as a horse! ______

26. Jenny is as quiet as a mouse. ______

27. That man is over the hill. ______

28. Steve turned as white as a ghost when his father caught him! ______

29. That car is a boat! ______

30. Her singing sounds like a cat dying. ______

31. His shoes are skis! ______

32. It’s as hot as an oven in here. ______

33. My room is a hazardous zone! ______

34. She is as sharp as a tack. ______

Open ended: Write a short poem using your favorite simile and metaphor.