Brothers in Arms: Similes and Metaphors

Multiple Choice

Which is a simile or metaphor?

(comparing two unlike things)

• I'm standing in front of Bluford High School, blood on my elbows, gash on my head.

• Last time I was in her office, she just stared at me, judging me, her eyes beaming like a cop's spotlight.

Multiple Choice

Which is a simile or metaphor?

(comparing two unlike things)

• She crossed her arms and sighed, still looking at me as if I was some kind a puzzle.

• Still, I stared back at her until she was forced to look away.

Multiple Choice

Which is a simile or metaphor?

(comparing two unlike things)

• I bolted like the roaches in the basement of our old apartment when you turned the light on them.

• Back in the day, me and my brother would chase them into the shadows, though Huero would never stomp them like me.

Multiple Choice

Which is a simile or metaphor?

(comparing two unlike things)

• Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night covered in sweat, my heart jumping against my ribs.

• Chrome wheels and as blue as the ocean, the car was Frankie's baby.

Multiple Select

Choose ALL that apply (can be more than one).

Which of these sentences is a simile or metaphor?

• Huero came out from behind the dumpster a second later, pushing along his squeaky, weather-beaten bicycle.

• Something was sticking out of the window. It glinted in the bright sunlight.

• But instead Huero came toward me, his brown eyes unblinking as he pedaled, the bike squeaking like a field of crickets.

• Pop! Pop! Pop! They sounded like loud firecrackers, but the smell was different, more crisp, like the smell of burning matches.

Multiple Select

Choose ALL that apply (can be more than one).

Which of these sentences is a simile or metaphor?

• I could sometimes hear her in her bedroom weeping late into the night.

• Even when she managed to stop, there were quiet tears rolling from her eyes, sparkling on her face like tiny shards of broken glass.

• We spent our summer afternoons cruising slowly through neighborhoods filled with brown Chicano kids who looked like us.

• They clocked me solid a few times, and I started growling like this angry dog.

Multiple Select

Choose ALL that apply (can be more than one).

Which of these sentences is a simile or metaphor?

• It was like I was dead inside, like my heart had turned gray and rotten once Huero passed away.

• The glass in her hand dropped into the sink and shattered, but she didn't seem to notice.

• I could see it in his eyes and in the slight waver of his voice, like ripples in a puddle when you hit it with a rock.

• My fists slammed into his soft stomach full force.