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Simile Vs MetaphorSet 1

1SIMILE OR METAPHORTime is a thief.

2You were made outta plastic, fakeI was tangled up in your drastic ways

3Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.James joked and said that his sister was as light as a feather after cutting her hair.

4Identify a simile or a metaphor in the following sentence:My father is a bear in the morning.

5"It's a bakery here; just trying to get dough"

6Identify a simile or a metaphor in the following sentence:You are the apple of my eye.

7Tommy is blinder than a bat without his glasses.

8'The task was as large and intimidating as a mountain.' is a .....

9Evette is honey

10All of the following are metaphors except for

11Figurative language: "A simple fellow, but,I'm afraid, like all of his race, a bit of a savage"

12It like a get out of jail free card

13A metaphor is a type of figurative language that uses like or as to compare two unlike things.

14Caleb was an overbearing cake with salty frosting, and frankly, I was on a diet.

15The road was a ribbon, winding through the hills. What literary device is used in this sentence?

16Does the following sentence contain a metaphor or a smile:The snow was a blanket covering the yard.

17"Poodles, " he said, "are parasites." (page 37)

18The road ahead was a ribbon stretching across the desert.

19Imagine you are revising a paragraph to make it more descriptive and engaging. Which combination of techniques from the list would best achieve this goal?

20"And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind."

21"Shake it like a Polaroid picture."-Outkast

22The bruise on George's foot felt as big as an elephant. Does the sentence use a simile or a metaphor?

23Ice cream is hippieness in a bowl

24What evidence is there to demonstrate the tone in the 'I Have a Dream' speech?

25Here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers, as the stars twinkled in the night sky.

26"With the speed of a cheetah, the man sprinted past me" is an example of .....

27Abigail, Benjamin and Avery were having a debate. Abigail said, "The cat's as fast as a jet on a runway". Avery thinks this is a metaphor. Is Avery correct?

28Explain the difference between a metaphor and a simile.

29What is a literary device that compares two things that are not alike and does not use "like" or "as"?

30What is the primary risk of using too many metaphors and similes in a paragraph?

31Comparing 2 things stating one thing *is* another."Mrs. Jackson is a beast on the golf course."

32BONUS: I like to eat grapes more than I like oranges.

33Brennen was a fish at the swim meet.

34"I stand in the center aisle of the auditorium, a wounded zebra in a National Geographic special, looking for someone, anyone, to sit next to." The bolded text is an example of a(n) .....

35Identify a simile or a metaphor in the following sentence:She is as thin as a toothpick.

36Simile and ..... are the most alike figurative language devices

37Identify if the sentence contains a simile or a metaphor.'The baby was like an octopus, grabbing all the candy in the store.'

38The exploding rice pot was like a volcano erupting. Metaphor?

39The sentences below are examples of Metaphor, EXCEPT.

40Determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor.Her hands were as cold as ice after the hayride.

41..... is an implicit or indirect comparison in which no function word is used. Something is described by stating another thing with which it can be compared.

42Identify a simile or a metaphor in the following sentence:My life is a dream.

43Her heart is made of gold.

44My mind is a puddle.

45The trees were an umbrella for us when the rain started.

46Read this figure of speech. Decide if it is a metaphor or simile.The singer's voice was like a cartoon parrot.

47Choose if the sentence below is a metaphor or a simile.The glider was an eagle soaring through the air.

48She was a tigress on the battlefield

49Figures of Speech Review

50"Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood." ..... Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.From his "I Have a Dream" speech.

51Simile or Metaphor?She was a shining star after the concert had ended.

52Which is NOT a metaphor?

53Ogres are like onions.

54The smoke was cotton balls billowing from the chimney.

55Simile or Metaphor?When his sister jumped out from behind the door, he was so scared he was as white as a ghost.

56Read the statement below:He put all of life into his legs, jumped logs and moved through brush like a light ghost, swiveling and running, his lungs filling and blowing.The phrase "like a ghost" is a metaphor.

57True or False: Similes and metaphors are types of figurative language.

58It means exactly what it says.

59Words are weapons that sometimes hurt people.

60Does the following sentence contain a metaphor or a smile:I had never seen so many lights; it was like the world was on fire.

61A figure of speech by which a thing is spoken of as being that which it only resembles.