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Simile and Metaphor

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When two, unlike things, are being compared using like or as, it is called a

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

2.

Compares two different things, does not use the words "like" or "as."

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

3.

Simile or Metaphor?

This house is as clean as a whistle.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

4.

Simile or Metaphor?

My brother was boiling mad.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

5.

Simile or Metaphor?

Math is like a puzzle that never ends.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

6.

Simile or Metaphor?

My mom sees everything, she has eyes like a hawk

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

7.

Simile or Metaphor?

You are my sunshine.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

8.

Simile or Metaphor?

The Math test was as easy as ABC

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

9.

What is the meaning of the following simile?

The fruit salad was like a rainbow!

a)

it was rainbow shaped

b)

leprechauns liked it

c)

it was colorful

10.

What is the meaning of the following simile?

He was 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.

11.

What is the meaning of the following metaphor?

Her garden was a jungle of weeds

a)

Her garden was in the jungle.

b)

The weeds were pretty.

c)

Her garden is neat.

d)

Her weeds were taking over her garden.

12.

What is the meaning of the following simile?

Ken is like a bull in a china shop.

a)

Kenneth is very rough and clumsy.

b)

Kenneth isn't feeling well.

c)

Kenneth is very angry.

13.

What two things are being compared?

His nose was as red as a ripe strawberry.

a)

nose - red

b)

nose - strawberry

c)

red - strawberry

d)

red - ripe

14.

What two things are being compared?

Her raincoat is as yellow as a lemon.

a)

raincoat - yellow

b)

her - raincoat

c)

raincoat - lemon

d)

yellow - lemon

15.

What two things are being compared?

The snow is like a white blanket.

a)

snow - blanket

b)

snow - white

c)

white - blanket

16.

What two things are being compared in the metaphor:

"Her tears were rivers flowing down her cheeks."

a)

her and cheeks

b)

tears and rivers

c)

rivers and flowing

d)

rivers and cheeks