Describing Metaphors and Similes

What is this metaphor describing?

"Life is your restaurant and I'm your matire d'." --Genie in Aladdin

• There is a lot of food for you to eat! Choose what you want.

• I'm a waiter here to take your order at this cafe.

• Life has a lot to offer you; I can help give you what you want.

• Life is busy like a restaurant.

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What is this simile describing?

"She's like a spider waiting for the kill." --from 101 Dalmatians

• She's waiting to attack.

• She has eight legs and a web.

• She eats insects and is waiting for some to arrive.

• She is waiting for her food.

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What does this simile mean?

"Mr. Dark's smile melted like cotton candy." --Something Wicked This Way Comes

• Mr. Dark was eating cotton candy.

• Mr. Dark's smile was sweet.

• Mr. Dark's smile was hidden by cotton candy.

• Mr. Dark stopped smiling quickly.

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What does this metaphor mean?

"Carnival ladies [are] grizzly bears." --Something Wicked This Way Comes

• Ladies at a carnival are huge and furry.

• Ladies at a carnival are ugly and scary.

• Ladies at a carnival are actually bears, not people.

• Ladies at a carnival have health problems.

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What does this simile mean?

"You're as cuddly as a cactus." --from the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"

• You drive everyone away--no one wants to get close to you

• You're green with prickly spikes--people get stabbed if they touch you

• People can hug you but get stabbed with your spikes

• You're warm and cuddly.

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What does this metaphor mean?

"You shoot me down, but I won't fall. I am titanium." --from "Titanium" by David Guetta featuring Sia

• I am actually made of metal and your arrows won't work.

• I can't fall down because I am so heavy.

• I won't fall because you have terrible aim.

• I am too strong to be hurt or defeated.

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What does this simile mean?

"Hair as blond-white as milk thistle." --Something Wicked This Way Comes

• The hair is milk.

• The hair was wet.

• The hair was white.

• The hair was a plant.

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What does this metaphor mean?

"Will broke out in pearls of ice." --Something Wicked This Way Comes

• Will put on jewelry.

• Will was covered in ice.

• Will got goose bumps.

• Will took jewelry out of his pocket.

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What does this simile mean?

"Your words like knives and swords and weapons" -- by "Mean" from Taylor Swift

• Your words hurt me.

• Your weapons are sharp.

• You have a collection of weapons.

• You are throwing sharp objects through the air.

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What does this simile mean?

"The balloon like a vast moldy green cheese stood fixed to the sky." --Something Wicked This Way Comes

• The balloon in the sky was made of cheese.

• The balloon threw cheese into the sky.

• The balloon sent a nasty smell into the air.

• The balloon in the sky was an ugly green color.

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