Similes & Metaphors

Simile or Metaphor?
My brother was boiling mad.

• simile
• metaphor

The band played as loud as a sonic boom.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• eardrums

Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile
• metaphor

Simile or Metaphor?
The assignment was a breeze.

• simile
• metaphor

Simile or Metaphor?
She is as thin as a toothpick.

• simile
• metaphor

After playing football on the cold January day, his fingers were icicles.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hot chocolate

When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a

• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:

• alliteration
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

Identify the Simile below...

• The tree danced in the wind.
• She is as tall as a tree!
• That cat is the devil.
• My backpack weighs a thousand tons!

Fruit is fuel for healthy body. 

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Alliteration