Metaphors

Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile
• metaphor

Simile or Metaphor?
My brother was boiling mad.

• simile
• metaphor

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

• simile
• metaphor

My grandma is as sweet as sugar.

• She is very nice.

• She wears sweet perfume.

• She likes to bake sweets.

• She loves CHOCOLATE!

When my great uncles drives, he is as slow as a turtle. 

• very slow
• moves pretty quickly
• still beats everyone
• he's super fast

Simile or Metaphor?
The assignment was a breeze.

• simile
• metaphor

Identify the Simile below...

• The tree danced in the wind.
• She is as tall as a tree!
• That cat is the devil.
• My backpack weighs a thousand tons!

A comparison of two things without using 'like' or 'as' is:

• alliteration

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

What is figurative language?

• Language that means more than what the words say.
• Language that means just what the words say.

What two things are being compared in the following 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.