Figurative Language Activity/Quiz - I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871

by Teaching Literacy

Price: 150 points or $1.5 USD

Subjects: ela

Grades: 4,5

Description: This is a set of 12 digital task cards that allow your students to practice identifying metaphors, similes, and personifications excerpted from the novel I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 by Lauren Tarshis. Students read each excerpt and select the correct figurative language device from three multiple-choice options. An audio prompt of the difference between personification, simile, and metaphor is embedded within each card. This would be perfect as a formative or summative assessment! NOTE: Students DO NOT have to be familiar with the text to work with this resource!