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Worksheetssimile and metaphor
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 27mins
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Class
Date
1.
A (a) is a comparison using "like" or "as"
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.
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.
5.
Identify the metaphor.
a)
Fruit is fuel for healthy body.
b)
He was as tall as a skyscraper.
c)
He was as fast as a cheetah.
d)
The toddler was like a wild monkey.
6.
Identify the simile.
a)
The busy store is a beehive.
b)
He was a broken record.
c)
The hurricane was a monster.
d)
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
7.
Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.
This house is as clean as a whistle.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
8.
Identify the metaphor.
a)
He was as slow as a snail.
b)
Her temper tantrum was a tornado passing through the Midwest.
c)
She ran like the wind.
d)
That building is as old as the pyramids.
9.
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
10.
Simile or Metaphor?
She is as thin as a toothpick.
She is as thin as a toothpick.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
11.
Simile or Metaphor?
She is as thin as a toothpick.
She is as thin as a toothpick.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
12.
She is a shining star. She's good at pretty much everything she does.
a)
she is a loser
b)
she is an actress
c)
she is successful
d)
she sparkles
13.
The fruit salad was like a rainbow!
a)
it was rainbow shaped
b)
leprechauns liked it
c)
it was colorful
14.
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
15.
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
16.
When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
idiom
d)
metaphor
17.
A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
18.
Which two things are being compared in this sentence: Jimmy tried to help her, but when he got to his feet, his legs were jello.
a)
Jimmy and Jello
b)
Legs and Jello
c)
Her and Jello
d)
Feet and Legs
19.
His nose was as red as a ripe strawberry.
What two things are being compared?
a)
nose and red
b)
red and a strawberry
c)
nose and a strawberry
d)
red and ripe
20.
What is a simile?
a)
a comparison using the words "like" or "as"
b)
a comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"
c)
An adverbial phrase that compares one thing to another
d)
a type of poem in which two things are compared
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