WorksheetsSimile or Metaphor
Total questions: 68
Worksheet time: 37mins
Life is a rollercoaster.
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Metaphor
The classroom was a zoo.
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You are as cute as a button.
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Fred was a pig at dinner.
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Metaphor
You are my sunshine.
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Metaphor
He was as cool as a cucumber.
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That explanation was as clear as mud.
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Metaphor
Books are the keys to your imagination.
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That went over like a lead balloon.
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They fight like cats and dogs.
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He is a night owl.
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She was as cold as ice.
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He is a walking dictionary.
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The lightning was fireworks in the sky.
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The puppy is happy as a clam.
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The detective listened to her tales with a wooden face.
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What two things are being compared in "The detective listened to her tales with a wooden face"?
tales and face
wood and face
detective and wood
The children were roses grown in concrete gardens, beautiful and forlorn.
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Which two things are being compared in "The children were roses grown in concrete gardens, beautiful and forlorn."
children and roses
children and gardens
roses and gardens
"Food?" Chris inquired, popping out of his seat like a toaster strudel.
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Which two things are being compared in "'Food?' Chris inquired, popping out of his seat like a toaster strudel"?
Chris and food
toaster and strudel
Chris and toaster strudel
Scars are the roadmap to the soul.
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Which two things are being compared in "Scars are the roadmap to the soul"?
scars and roadmap
soul and scars
roadmap and soul
The computer in the classroom was an old dinosaur.
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metaphor
Which two things are being compared in "The computer in the classroom was an old dinosaur"?
computer and dinosaur
classroom and dinosaur
old and classroom
The clouds were like ice cream castles in the sky.
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Which two things are being compared in "The clouds were like ice cream castles in the sky"?
clouds and sky
ice cream and castles
castles and sky
clouds and ice cream castles
The truth was like a bad taste on his tongue.
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Which two things are being compared in "The truth was like a bad taste on his tongue"?
truth and bad taste
truth and tongue
bad taste and tongue
The ice sculptor's hands fluttered like hummingbird wings.
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Which two things are compared in "The ice sculptor's hands fluttered like hummingbird wings"?
ice and sculptor
hands and wings
hummingbird and wings
ice sculptor and wings
My life is a gray day.
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Which two things are being compared in "My life is a gray day"?
gray and life
gray and day
life and gray day
The clouds sailed across the sky.
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Which two things are being compared in "The clouds sailed across the sky"?
clouds and sky
clouds and sailing
clouds and sailboat
Kyle looked at the test with a stare as blank as his notebook.
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Which two things are compared in "Kyle looked at the test with a stare as blank as his notebook"?
stare and notebook
Kyle and test
notebook and test
The river flows like a stream of glass.
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Which two things are compared in "The river flows like a stream of glass"?
flow and stream
glass and flow
river and stream of glass
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Only similes compare two unlike things.
Only metaphors use like or as in the comparison
Similes are literal statements
Similes use like or as, while metaphors do not
What is a simile?
A text using like or as.
The author's point of view.
The what a story is about
The main charecters problem or hardship
Is this a simile?
"A Donkey is as funny as a laughing horse!"
Yes
No
is this a simile?
"That bird is bigger then a mountain!
Yes
No
Turn this into a simile.
The bird is big (a) a mountain!
( Only put in the underlined word.
not capitalized. )
What is a example of a simile?
I'm as hungry as a hippo!
That crab is smaller then a ant.
its like the ice is as strong as steel!
"hello there!"
Which phrase is NOT a simile?
its like the sun has disappeared!
The shiny new bicycle was like a new toy.
He acts like a bull in a china shop!
A picture is worth a million words.
Write a simile.
Is this a simile?
This coat is as soft as a cat!
Yes
No
Her smile was as bright as the sun.
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Metaphor
Buddy is like a whirling dervish when he finally decides to clean his room.
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This question is a brick wall. I can't get past it.
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Finding a parking spot was a piece of cake!
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The king was a lion in battle.
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This waiting room is as cold as a freezer box!
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When we lost the game, the dugout was a prison, and the coach was our warden.
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The car was like a flash of lightning streaking down the empty road.
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That brick of a brownie is impossible to eat.
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Skittles: taste the rainbow!
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That visit to the dentist's was like getting chiseled with an ice pick!
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That summer day was so hot, the asphalt was as hot as a frying pan.
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The sky thundered like an angry god.
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That book is a cauldron of creative ideas!
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My nieces and nephews are a fountain of joy.
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She's as stubborn as a horse.
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That little chihuahua puppy is an explosion of pure energy.
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This headache is like a hammer on my skull.
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When it rains on game day, my heart is a well of sadness.
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This class is a breeze!
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