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WorksheetsSimile or Metaphor
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 51mins
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Class
Date
1.
In the school play, Freddy roared like a lion.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
2.
Joey is crazy like a fox.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
3.
Her skin was white as snow.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
4.
The dark, cold, silent room was a tomb.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
5.
Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.
This house is as clean as a whistle.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
6.
Simile or Metaphor?
My brother was boiling mad.
My brother was boiling mad.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
7.
Simile or Metaphor?
He is a night owl because he stays up late.
He is a night owl because he stays up late.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
8.
Simile or Metaphor?
He is a walking dictionary.
He is a walking dictionary.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
9.
Simile or Metaphor?
Tonya is as sweet as sugar.
Tonya is as sweet as sugar.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
10.
What is a simile?
a)
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
b)
A comparison of two similar things using like or as.
c)
A comparison using is.
d)
A comparison of two unlike things using are.
11.
What is a Metaphor?
a)
comparison using like of as
b)
comparison that does not use like or as
c)
what you had for lunch today
d)
a lake in Utah
12.
The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod.
What are the words in blue an example of?
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
13.
The bruise on George’s foot felt as big as an elephant.
What are the words in blue an example of?
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
14.
Mom was a busy beaver as she prepared for the holiday party.
What are the words in blue an example of?
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
15.
After the walk through the dessert, Kim’s tongue felt dry as a bone.
What are the words in blue an example of?
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
16.
After the ball was run over by the car, it was as flat as a pancake.
What are the words in blue an example of?
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
17.
The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod.
What two things are being compared in this this sentence?
What two things are being compared in this this sentence?
a)
friends to peas
b)
friends to pods
c)
peas to pods
d)
best to friends
18.
The baby girl’s smile was the sun on dark days.
What does the metaphor mean above?
What does the metaphor mean above?
a)
The baby girl's smile made other people happy.
b)
When the baby girl smiled the sun would rise.
c)
The baby never smiled.
d)
The baby girl's smile made the moon come out.
19.
My best friend is my rock. I can go to her with any questions or problems I have.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
20.
My dad is a clown, always joking around and acting goofier than anyone I know.
a)
Simlie
b)
Metaphor
21.
Identify the simile
a)
I like apples.
b)
Apples taste sweet.
c)
You're the apple of my eye.
d)
This apple is as sweet as candy.
22.
Identify the metaphor
a)
My heart was a bucket full of joy after all the sweet compliments.
b)
My heart is a muscle.
c)
My heart is like a hand pump pushing blood all throughout my body.
d)
My heart is like a muscle.
23.
Simile or Metaphor:
My life is a dream.
My life is a dream.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
24.
The baby was like an octopus, pulling all the socks off the rack at the store.
What is the meaning of the simile above?
What is the meaning of the simile above?
a)
The baby had 8 legs.
b)
The baby lives in the sea.
c)
The baby was pulling things off the rack so fast it seemed like it had many legs.
d)
The baby was sleeping.
25.
Which of the following is a simile?
a)
She is super fast.
b)
She likes to be super fast
c)
She always wins races with her speed.
d)
She is as fast as lightning.
26.
What are the two things being compared in the following sentence?
I am as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation.
I am as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation.
a)
"I" and "hungry"
b)
"I" and "a hungry bear awakened from hibernation"
c)
"Bear" and "hibernation"
d)
"hungry" and "hibernation"
27.
What is the meaning of the following simile?
"as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation"
"as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation"
a)
Someone is really hungry
b)
Someone is slightly sleepy
c)
Someone is extremely sleepy.
d)
Someone is slightly hungry.
28.
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"
29.
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.
30.
What is the meaning?
The football player was as strong as an ox as he tackled the quarterback.
The football player was as strong as an ox as he tackled the quarterback.
a)
He was extremely strong.
b)
He smelled like an animal.
31.
Mrs. Bowsman is a bear when she wakes up each morning.
a)
Mrs. Bowsman likes to eat berries for breakfast.
b)
Mrs. Bowsman is grouchy in the mornings.
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