Similes and Metaphors

The ice sculptor’s hands fluttered like hummingbird wings.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Each blade of grass was a tiny bayonet pointed firmly at our bare feet

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

The shingles on the shack shook in the storm winds like scared children.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Which of the following sentences contains a simile?

• The classroom was a zoo.

• She is as busy as a bee.

• Time is a thief.

• The world is a stage.

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DOK Level 1: Recall

CCSS.L.4.5.a

Metaphor or simile?

• metaphor

• simile

Metaphor or simile?

• metaphor

• simile

She hung her head like a dying flower.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

My words are chains of lead.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

This house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile

• metaphor