Simile and Metaphors

The oil upon the puddles dries to colors like a peacock's eyes.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Figurative

• Language

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

You glow in my heart like the flames of uncounted candles.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Figurative

• Sentence

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

My heart is a nest that had song-birds in it.

• Simile

• Figurative

• Sentence

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

The ship of my soul is rolling to port at last.

• Metaphor

• Figurative

• Simile

• Sentence

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

A year has gone as the tortoise goes, heavy and slow.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Figurative

• Language

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Who throws their money around like dandelions into the sunglight?

• Figurative

• Sentence

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Behind me the bright lights blossomed.

• Sentence

• Metaphor

• Figurative

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The purple jars of night spill.

• Figurative

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Sentence

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

She is as sad as the sea-bird going forth alone.

• Simile

• Figurative

• Sentence

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

How long shall I tarnish the mirror of life, a spatter of rust on its polished steel!

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Figurative

• Sentence

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4