Simile and Metaphor

Simile or Metaphor?
The assignment was a breeze.

• simile

• metaphor

What is being compared in the metaphor?
The crab was a dancing pair of scissors, clicking across the sand. 

• Crab and Sand

• Crab and dancing scissors

• Scissors and sand

• Dancing and sand. 

Identify the metaphor.

• Fruit is fuel for healthy body.

• He was as tall as a skyscraper.

• He was as fast as a cheetah.

• The toddler was like a wild monkey.

Identify the simile.

• The store is a beehive.

• He was a broken record.

• The hurricane was a monster.

• Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

Simile or Metaphor?
Is this house as clean as a whistle?

• simile

• metaphor

Identify the metaphor.

• He's as slow as a snail.

• His temper tantrum was a tornado.

• He ran like the wind.

• The building is as old as the pyramids.

She is on a roller coaster of emotions.

• having fun

• scared

• having lots of different feelings

• going to vomit soon

Simile or Metaphor?
She is as thin as a toothpick.

• simile

• metaphor

She is a shining star.

• she is a loser

• she is an actress

• she is successful

• she sparkles

The fruit salad was like a rainbow!

• it was rainbow shaped

• leprechauns liked it 

• it was colorful