Metaphor

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• dark as the dirt

• the sun is yellow

• bright as the sun

• none of the above

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• red as apples

• eyes were fireflies

• red like a coke can

• green like a string bean

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• friendship is golden

• friendship is a good thing

• friendship is as strong as rope

• friendship is like peanut butter and jelly

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• quiet as a mouse

• tiny like a mouse

• Tina is an ant

• ants are bugs

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• hair is a rat’s nest

• hair is very straight

• hair as neat as a pin

• hair as messy as a rag doll’s

Which of the following sentences uses a metaphor?

• James is a bear when he is hungry.

• James was hungry like a bear.

• James likes bears.

• James eats honey.

Which of the following sentences uses a metaphor?

• Katie is a fish!

• Katie swims like a fish.

• Fish are good swimmers.

• Swimmers must like fish.

Which of the following sentences uses a metaphor?

• Her smile was like the sun.

• Her eyes shone like diamonds.

• Her hair was as smooth as silk.

• She was the Sun, Moon, and stars to me.

Which of the following sentences uses a metaphor?

• The night is dark.

• Crickets are insects.

• Crickets are chirpy animals.

• The crickets were a symphony.

Which of the following sentences uses a metaphor?

• Love is a red rose.

• Love is like a rose.

• Love is painful.

• Roses are red.