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Similes & Metaphors

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a metaphor?

Answer - A figure of speech that individuals use to compare things that are not alike but do have one or more similarities.

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2.

What is a simile?

Answer - A simile is a phrase that uses a comparison to describe that contains 'like' or 'as'.

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3.

Q.

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?

a) Simile

b) Metaphors

a)

a) Simile

b)

b) Metaphor

4.

When my grandfather drives, he is as slow as a turtle.

a)

a) Sings while driving.

b)

b) Fast

c)

c) Very slow

d)

d) He is old.

5.

He is a night owl because he stays up late.

a)

a) Simile

b)

b) Metaphor

c)

c) Neither

6.

My mother is as (a)   as sugar.

7.

This cricket ball is as hard as a (a)   .

8.

Simile is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what it's named?

True or False ..

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Simile is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what it is named.

True or False

a)

True

b)

False

10.

A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

True or False

a)

True

b)

False