Similes, Metaphors, and Alliteration

Which of the following is a simile?

• I looked up as I heard a bird above my head.

• The mom was as excited as a kid on Christmas morning.

• Jenny likes to go swimming in the river.

• Kendal was a fish in the water.

Which of the following is a simile?

• When we had a substitute, the classroom was a zoo.

• Olive was a star on the stage.

• Lynne likes peanut butter and pickle sandwiches for lunch.

• The boy sounded like a screaming baby when he didn't get his way.

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• The walrus and the penguin were at the zoo.

• The singer's voice was like a fresh spring day

• She is a peacock because she loves the attention.

• The old woman was as wise as an owl.

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• The camper was a chicken when he heard a growl in the forest.

• Greg is a thirty year old baseball player.

• The baby ate like a bird during dinner.

• The twins fight like cats and dogs.

What two things are being compared in the simile:

"The dried branches were like fingernails on a chalkboard."

• dried and chalkboard

• branches and like

• branches and chalkboard

• branches and fingernails

What two things are being compared in the metaphor:

"Her tears were rivers flowing down her cheeks."

• her and cheeks

• rivers and flowing

• tears and rivers

• rivers and cheeks

All of the following are similes except for:

• Her plan worked like a dream.

• I don't know why she doesn't like the dark.

• The teenager ate like a horse.

• My dad said he slept like a log.

All of the following are metaphors except for:

• The thunder was a mighty lion.

• The storm was a raging bull.

• His eyes were ice as he stared at his sister.

• I am nine years old in the fourth grade.

What is an alliteration?

• suggests something is another

• repeated beginning sounds in a sentence

• compares two things using "like" or "as"

• gives human qualities to a non-human thing

Which of the following is an alliteration?

• Tony ran like a cheetah.

• "Bang," the race started!

• The muffin called my name.

• The dog dug a deep hole.