Similes and Metaphors

Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile
• metaphor

Simile or Metaphor?
My brother was boiling mad.

• simile
• metaphor

Simile or Metaphor?
The assignment was a breeze.

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

Simile or Metaphor?
She is as thin as a toothpick.

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Simile or Metaphor?
That girl is as tough as nails.

• simile
• metaphor

Simile or Metaphor?
He was scared so much he was as white as a ghost.

• simile
• metaphor

Simile or Metaphor?
He is a night owl because he stays up late.

• simile
• metaphor

Simile or Metaphor?
He is a walking dictionary.

• simile
• metaphor

Simile or Metaphor?
Tonya is as sweet as sugar.

• simile
• metaphor

What are the two things being compared in the following sentence?
I am as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation.

• "I" and "hungry" 
• "I" and "a hungry bear awakened from hibernation"
• "Bear" and "hibernation"
• "hungry" and "hibernation"

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C