Simile & Metaphor

Identify the simile

• I like apples.

• Apples taste sweet.

• You're the apple of my eye.

• This apple is as sweet as candy.

Identify the metaphor

• My heart was a bucket full of joy after all the sweet compliments.

• My heart is a muscle.

• My heart is like a hand pump pushing blood all throughout my body.

• My heart is like a muscle.

My father is a bear in the morning.

• simile

• metaphor

Life is a flower that grows more beautiful every day.

• simile

• metaphor

What two things are being compared in this this sentence?

• friends to peas

• friends to pods

• peas to pods

• best to friends

In the school play, Freddy roared like a lion.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Her skin was as white as snow.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Leah looked as pale as a ghost yesterday.

• Simile

• Metaphor

That girl is as tough as nails.

• Simile

• Metaphor

The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod.

• Simile

• Metaphor