Metaphors and Similies

Both similes and metaphors...

• Compare things
• Use the words "like" or "as"
• Are ways words can rhyme in a poem.
• Make a story less vivid

A metaphor is a figure of speech that ________.

• Uses the words "like" or "as" but doesn't compare things.
• Compares things without using the words "like" or "as".
• Gives a nonhuman thing, human traits.
• Uses a word that sounds like what it means. 

Which of the following sentences contains a simile?

• The Thunder was loud
• The thunder boomed and rumbled
• The thunder growled, and the windows shook. 
• The thunder growled, like a group of Grizzly bears. 

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

• The boy was upset at himself.
• The boy was a tornado of emotion
• The boy said he'd die of shame
• The boy did not like what he'd done.

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

• Her eyes shone through the darkness.
• Her eyes looked like mine
• Here eyes were two full moons
• Her eyes were as bright as diamonds

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence...
^{"The hug was like a soft blanket, wrapping Simone in warmth."}

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Both Simile and Metaphor
• There is no figure of speech in this sentence.

Explain the meaning of the following sentence.
_{"The hug was like a soft blanket, wrapping Simone in warmth."}

• This means that Simone was actually wrapped in a blanket.
  
• This means that Simone had a fever.
  
• This means that the hug made Simone feel warm and cared for.
  
• This means that Simone doesn’t like to be hugged.

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence.
_{"Mikey waited in the cold until his fingers were icicles."}

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Both simile and metaphor
• There is no figure of speech in this sentence.

Explain the meaning of the following sentence.
_{"Mikey waited in the cold until his fingers were icicles."}

• This means that Mikey’s fingers became actual icicles.
  
• This means that Mikey waited for a very long time and got very cold.
  
• This means that Mikey is probably a snowman.
  
• This means that Mikey only waited for a minute or two.

Read the sentence below. Which of these revisions uses a simile to make the imagery most powerful and matches the tone?
_{"I said goodbye quietly, afraid that my voice would crack and I'd start crying.}

• I said goodbye quietly, afraid to sound like a squeaky stuffed chipmunk.
  
• I said goodbye quietly, afraid that my voice might break like Thomas Edison's first light bulb.
• I said goodbye quietly, afraid that my voice might crack and I wouldn't like the way it sounded.
  
• I said goodbye quietly, afraid that my voice might break like storm clouds and my tears might fall like rain all around us.