Similes and MetaphorS

Similes and Metaphors

Comparisons of UNLIKE things using the words:

like or as​

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Similes

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My heart is as big as an elephant. My heart is getting compared to ...

Because they are both very big. If you have a big heart, it means you are very kind and caring to others.

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Why was my heart compared to an elephant?

Multiple Choice

What sentence contains a simile?

• After walking on the hot summer day, Julie’s mouth felt as dry as a bone.

• The soil is bone dry after weeks with no rain.

• My dogs like chewing on bones.

• Sam walked carefully when he broke a bone in his foot.

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the simile in the following sentence? Mom said the candy is as cheap as dirt, so we each got to pick out ten pieces!

• Mom thought the candy tasted like dirt.

• The candy is inexpensive.

• There is a lot of candy at the store.

• Mom bought ten pieces of candy.

Multiple Choice

What is being compared in the following simile? Paul tried to help Carolyn get safely off the ice, but he was so nervous that his legs felt like jello.

• Carolyn and Paul

• legs and ice

• legs and jello

• Paul and jello

Multiple Choice

What does this simile mean? Paul tried to help Carolyn get safely off the ice, but he was so nervous that his legs felt like jello.

• The ice was starting to wobble like jello.

• Paul and Carolyn were hungry for jello.

• Carolyn dropped jello on the ice.

• Paul was wobbling and shaking like jello because he was nervous.

Comparisons of unlike things by saying one this IS another

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Metaphors

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Her temper was a tornado ripping through the house. Her temper is getting compared to ...

Because they are both very destructive. If you have a temper like a tornado, it means you are very mad.

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Why was her temper compared to a tornado?

Multiple Choice

Which sentence contains a metaphor?

• Tears rolled down her cheeks like a river.

• Dad is going to replace his old dinosaur computer with a brand new laptop.

• The boys stood as straight as flagpoles when they were in the show.

• Your room is a mess and needs cleaned.

Multiple Choice

What is being compared in the following metaphor? Dad is going to replace his old dinosaur computer with a brand new laptop.

• Dad and a dinosaur.

• The old computer to a dinosaur.

• Dad to a new laptop.

• A dinosaur and a brand new laptop.

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the metaphor in the following sentence? Dominic is a walking dictionary.

• He is smart.

• He talks a lot.

• He walks and talks at the same time.

• He knows a lot of big words.

Multiple Choice

How many similes are there in the following paragraph? Getting all the kids in the car was like herding cattle. As soon as one was belted in, another would unbuckle his seatbelt. Finally, all the family was in the car packed in like sardines. Carly felt as if she were in one of the toy cars in her toy box. Hopefully, the car would be a speeding bullet and get them to the beach quickly. She couldn’t wait to swim like a fish in the ocean.

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Multiple Choice

Which sentence is a metaphor? Getting all the kids in the car was like herding cattle. As soon as one was belted in, another would unbuckle his seatbelt. Finally, all the family was in the car packed in like sardines. Carly felt as if she were in one of the toy cars in her toy box. Hopefully, the car would be a speeding bullet and get them to the beach quickly. She couldn’t wait to swim like a fish in the ocean

• Getting all the kids in the car was like herding cattle.

• As soon as one was buckled in, another would unbuckle his seatbelt.

• Hopefully, the car would be a speeding bullet and get them to the beach quickly.

• She couldn’t wait to swim like a fish in the ocean.