Metaphor vs. Simile

What is a metaphor?

• a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

• is a common figure of speech that makes a comparison by directly relating one thing to another unrelated thing

• the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman

• the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse

What is a simile?

• a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind , used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

• the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse

• the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman

• a common figure of speech that makes a comparison by directly relating one thing to another related thing

True or False? Unlike metaphors, similes do not use words such as "like" or "as" to make comparisons

• True

• False

True or False? Metaphors and similes are both used to make comparisons

• False

• True

The purpose of using a simile is...

• to help children learn about word families

• to paint a picture for the reader

• to paint a picture and give an example

• to give human characteristics such as emotions and behaviors, to non-human things, animals, and ideas

Which sentence is an example of a metaphor?

• the teacher roared like a lion at the misbehaving classroom

• the instructions were as clear as mud

• my sister cackled like a hyena

• my best friend is an angel

Which sentence is an example of a simile?

• he was a volcano of rage

• her eyes were twinkling stars

• my friend is as quiet as a mouse

• my phone is a dinosaur

Which of the following is NOT an example of a simile?

• my sister is helpless like a baby

• with the windows rolled up the car was a furnace

• he was as busy as a bee

• both a and c are correct

Which of the following is NOT an example of a metaphor?

• the lion's teeth were daggers

• after the storm the garden was a swamp

• life is like a box of chocolates

• both b and c are correct

Fill in the blanks. Unlike a ______, which says something is something else, a ________ uses the word as or like to make the comparison.

• metaphor, simile

• simile, metaphor

• both a and b are correct

• none of the above