Figurative Language Simile and Metaphor

The woman's steps were thunder as she ran down the stairs. What's being compared here?

• The woman and the stairs

• Steps and thunder

• Thunder and stairs

• Stairs and running

Her hair is a flowing silk sheet.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Her hair is a flowing silk sheet. What's being compared?

• Hair and sheets

• Hair and silk

• Flowing and sheets

• Hair and flowing

This classroom is as hot as an oven. What is the literal meaning?

• The classroom is in an oven

• The classroom is very hot

• The classroom is used for cooking

• The class is going to bake cookies

Which is a direct comparison of two unlike things?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

Homework is a breeze, is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

Which is NOT an example of a simile?

• Her heart is like gold.

• He is as busy as a bee.

• Life is a rollercoaster.

• She is larger than life.

The figurative language that you use to compare two unlike things without using "like", "than", or "as" is...

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Analogy

Which figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things?

• Similie

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

Match the following similes and metaphors.

• My brother playing the trumpet sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard.

• Simile

• Life is a highway.

• Metaphor

• My sister is as tall as a giraffe.

• Simile

• He is as slow as a sloth when he is getting ready for school.

• Metaphor

• The snow is a white blanket.

• Simile