WorksheetsSimile and Metaphor
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 16mins
When two, unlike things, are being compared using like or as, it is called a
simile
metaphor
Compares two different things, does not use the words "like" or "as."
simile
metaphor
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?
Math is like a puzzle that never ends.
simile
metaphor
Simile or Metaphor?
My mom sees everything, she has eyes like a hawk
Simile
Metaphor
Simile or Metaphor?
You are my sunshine.
simile
metaphor
Simile or Metaphor?
The Math test was as easy as ABC
Simile
Metaphor
What is the meaning of the following simile?
The fruit salad was like a rainbow!
it was rainbow shaped
leprechauns liked it
it was colorful
What is the meaning of the following simile?
He was as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation.
Someone is really hungry
Someone is slightly sleepy
Someone is extremely sleepy.
Someone is slightly hungry.
What is the meaning of the following metaphor?
Her garden was a jungle of weeds
Her garden was in the jungle.
The weeds were pretty.
Her garden is neat.
Her weeds were taking over her garden.
What is the meaning of the following simile?
Ken is like a bull in a china shop.
Kenneth is very rough and clumsy.
Kenneth isn't feeling well.
Kenneth is very angry.
What two things are being compared?
His nose was as red as a ripe strawberry.
nose - red
nose - strawberry
red - strawberry
red - ripe
What two things are being compared?
Her raincoat is as yellow as a lemon.
raincoat - yellow
her - raincoat
raincoat - lemon
yellow - lemon
What two things are being compared?
The snow is like a white blanket.
snow - blanket
snow - white
white - blanket
What two things are being compared in the metaphor:
"Her tears were rivers flowing down her cheeks."
her and cheeks
tears and rivers
rivers and flowing
rivers and cheeks
