Similes, Metaphors, Personification, & Hyperbole

Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.
Her hands were as cold as ice after the hayride.

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.
He was a rock and would not budge on the issue.

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.
The children were puppets, merely doing what they were told.

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.
Even though he was tired, the young boy was running through the house like a tornado. 

• simile only
• metaphor only
• simile and complex sentence
• metaphor & complex sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.
The dog’s eyes were as black as coal.

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.
His parents always told him that life was a rollercoaster and to jump on.

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.
After leaving the cookies out uncovered, they became as hard as nails.

• simile only
• metaphor only
• simile & complex sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.
James joked and said that his sister was as light as a feather after cutting her hair.

• simile 
• metaphor 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.
The crocodile’s teeth were daggers, ready to chomp down on a meal.

• simile 
• metaphor 

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.
The statement, “No homework today,” was music to the students’ ears.

• simile 
• metaphor 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D