<p> Sample Assessment Questions ELACC.4.L.5.</p><p>(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.)</p><p>Circle the correct answer.</p><p>Question #1: Does this sentence contain a simile or a metaphor? Winter is a visitor who stays too long. A. simile B. metaphor </p><p>Question #2: Does this sentence contain a simile or a metaphor? The pie crust was cardboard. A. metaphor B. simile </p><p>Question #3: Does this sentence contain a simile or a metaphor? The trumpets blared like elephants. A. simile B. metaphor </p><p>Question #4: Does this sentence contain a simile or a metaphor? In July, our attic is a furnace. A. metaphor B. simile </p><p>Question #5: Does this sentence contain a simile or a metaphor? Clouds, like playful lambs, dance over our heads. A. simile B. metaphor </p><p>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 </p><p>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 </p><p>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 </p><p>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 </p><p>Question #10: Does this sentence contain a simile or a metaphor? Jim's hair was as dark as midnight. A. metaphor B. simile </p><p>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 </p><p>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 </p><p>READ EACH SENTENCE, AND THEN CHOOSE WHETHER IT IS A METAPHOR OR A SIMILE.</p><p>13. Life is a hard row to hoe. A. metaphor B. simile</p><p>14. My car turned into a trash can for my brother and his friends. A. metaphor B. simile</p><p>15. Ellis, like the Energizer bunny, kept on going. And going. A. metaphor B. simile</p><p>16. Laughter trailed behind her like brightly colored ribbons. A. metaphor B. simile</p><p>17. The Tomcat jumped like a bucking bronco. A. metaphor B. simile</p><p>18. I answered the questions on the test as easily as a hot knife cutting through butter. A. metaphor B. simile</p><p>19. Think of laughter as the pearl of your diet. A. metaphor B. simile</p><p>20. Rockefeller Center in New York City is the Hope diamond of world real estate. A. metaphor B. simile</p><p>21. The clouds were castles in the sky. A. metaphor B. simile</p><p>22. Ideas tumbled smashed into one another inside his mind like cars in a demolition derby. A. metaphor B. simile</p><p>23. He raced around me like an unloaded semi heading for home. A. metaphor B. simile</p><p>24. “It was as big as a pea.” What figure of speech does the author use in this sentence?</p><p>A. Metaphor </p><p>B. Simile </p><p>C. Idiom </p><p>D. Personification</p><p>In the sentences below, write the word “simile” or “metaphor” after the sentence.</p><p>25. That dot is as big as a horse! ______</p><p>26. Jenny is as quiet as a mouse. ______</p><p>27. That man is over the hill. ______</p><p>28. Steve turned as white as a ghost when his father caught him! ______</p><p>29. That car is a boat! ______</p><p>30. Her singing sounds like a cat dying. ______</p><p>31. His shoes are skis! ______</p><p>32. It’s as hot as an oven in here. ______</p><p>33. My room is a hazardous zone! ______</p><p>34. She is as sharp as a tack. ______</p><p>Open ended: Write a short poem using your favorite simile and metaphor.</p>