Metaphor Content Mastery

Metaphors

​Metaphors make comparisons

Unlike a simile, metaphors do not use the words like or as.

They make comparisons between two things that are not literal.

​Example

The woman is a blooming flower.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence contains a metaphor?

• The sun is like a blazing furnace.

• The sun is a blazing furnance.

• The sun is as hot as a blazing furnance.

• The sun is shining into the blazing furnance.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

• The box was as flat as a pancake.

• The box was like a pancake after I sat on it.

• I sat on the box and ate a pancake.

• The box was a pancake after I sat on.

Multiple Choice

Which setence contains a metaphor?

• My math final was like a nightmare.

• My math final was a nightmare.

• I had a nightmare about my math final.

• Even a nightmare wasn't as bad as my final.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence contains a metaphor?

• The baby is a rag doll when she sleeps.

• The baby sleeps like a rag doll.

• The baby is as relaxed as a rag doll.

• The baby has a rag doll.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence contains a metaphor?

• The train was like a roaring lion.

• The train was as loud as a roaring lion.

• The train was a roaring lion.

• The train carried a roaring lion.