Simile and Metaphors

Similes and Metaphors

I can identify and find examples of similes and metaphors.

Multiple Choice

Which description is more interesting?

• His eyes were pretty.

• His eyes sparkled like diamonds.

Similes and metaphors are two types of figurative language.

Figurative language is when you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning. Writers can use figurative language to make their writing more interesting or more dramatic.

Simile

Compares 2 things using the words "like" or "as"

Example: She is as tall as a giraffe.

Metaphors

Compares 2 things by saying something is something else.

Example: My father is a bear in the morning.

Multiple Choice

He eats like a pig.

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

You are my sunshine.

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

He was a rock and would not budge on the issue.

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

Her hands were as cold as ice after the hayride.

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

Even though he was tired, the young boy was running through the house like a tornado.

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

After leaving the cookies out uncovered, they became as hard as nailed.

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

Life is a rollercoaster.

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

Complete this simile: The sun is like..

• a blanket on a cold day.

• the soft fur of a puppy.

• two peas in a pod.

Multiple Choice

A ____ compares 2 things using the words "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

A _____ compares 2 things saying that something is something else.

• simile

• metaphor

Simile & Metaphor

Poll

Goal: I can identify and find examples of similes and metaphors.

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Match

Match the following similes and metaphors.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Simile

My sister is as tall as a giraffe.

Life is a highway.

The snow is a white blanket.

He is as slow as a sloth when he is getting ready for school.

My brother playing the trumpet sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard.

• My sister is as tall as a giraffe.

• Life is a highway.

• The snow is a white blanket.

• He is as slow as a sloth when he is getting ready for school.

• My brother playing the trumpet sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard.