Simile + Metaphor Game Show

What is the best definition of a metaphor?

• It states that one thing is literally another thing.

• It is a device used in poetry.

• It is a lie.

• It describes something in a way that isn't literally true for a symbolic effect.

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Which of these is an example of a metaphor?

• He's as dead as a doornail.

• Bob is a couch potato.

• It's hotter than an oven in here.

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Which of these is a simile?

• Life is like a box of chocolates.

• Let's go paint the town red.

• Larry is like his twin Louie.

• Love is a battlefield.

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• A hound dog

• A loyal guardian

• Someone with droopy jowls like a hound

• A whiner

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• Simile

• Metaphor

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Love is a battlefield.

• simile

• metaphor

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Baby, you’re a firework.

• simile

• metaphor

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Lois moved across the room like a warship sailing into battle.

• simile

• metaphor

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It’s like shooting fish in a barrel.

• simile

• metaphor

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