WorksheetsSimiles & Metaphors
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 38mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.
This house is as clean as a whistle.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
2.
Simile or Metaphor?
My brother was boiling mad.
My brother was boiling mad.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
3.
Simile or Metaphor?
The assignment was a breeze.
The assignment was a breeze.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
4.
Simile or Metaphor?
She is as thin as a toothpick.
She is as thin as a toothpick.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
5.
Simile or Metaphor?
That girl is as tough as nails.
That girl is as tough as nails.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
6.
Simile or Metaphor?
He was scared so much he was as white as a ghost.
He was scared so much he was as white as a ghost.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
7.
The band played as loud as a sonic boom.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
eardrums
8.
After playing football on the cold January day, his fingers were icicles.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hot chocolate
9.
When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
idiom
d)
metaphor
10.
A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
11.
Identify the Simile below...
a)
The tree danced in the wind.
b)
She is as tall as a tree!
c)
That cat is the devil.
d)
My backpack weighs a thousand tons!
12.
Fruit is fuel for a healthy body.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Alliteration
13.
What two things are being compared in the following simile?
Sylvia's new lotion made her face as smooth as baby skin.
Sylvia's new lotion made her face as smooth as baby skin.
a)
Sylvia's face and baby's skin
b)
Lotion and Sylvia's face.
c)
Sylvia and her face.
d)
Sylvia and smooth.
14.
What two things are being compared in the following metaphor?
Her diary was her best friend, guarding her secrets quietly.
Her diary was her best friend, guarding her secrets quietly.
a)
"best friend" and "secrets"
b)
"diary'' and "secrets"
c)
"Diary" and "her best friend"
d)
"her" and "diary"
15.
What is the meaning of the following metaphor?
Her diary was her best friend, guarding all of her secrets.
Her diary was her best friend, guarding all of her secrets.
a)
Her best friend was writing in her diary.
b)
Her diary was open so that everyone could see her secrets
c)
Her secrets weren't safe in her diary.
d)
Her secrets are safe because they are written in her diary, which could not talk.
16.
What is the meaning of the following Simile?
Sylvia's new lotion made her face as smooth as a baby's skin.
Sylvia's new lotion made her face as smooth as a baby's skin.
a)
Sylvia's face was really rough.
b)
Sylvia's face was really smooth.
c)
Sylvia's face was oily.
d)
Sylvia's face was really dry.
17.
What two things are being compared in the following metaphor?
The crab was a dancing pair of scissors, clicking across the sand.
The crab was a dancing pair of scissors, clicking across the sand.
a)
Crab and Sand
b)
Crab and dancing scissors
c)
Scissors and sand
d)
Dancing and sand.
18.
She is on a roller coaster of emotions.
a)
she's having fun
b)
she's scared
c)
she is having lots of different feelings
d)
she's going to vomit soon
19.
The fruit salad was like a rainbow!
a)
it was rainbow shaped
b)
leprechauns liked it
c)
it was colorful
20.
My grandma is as sweet as sugar.
a)
she is very nice
b)
she wears sweet perfume
c)
she likes to bake sweets
d)
she loves CHOCOLATE!
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