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Simile and Metaphor Worksheet 2

Directions: Read each example. Determine whether each is a simile or metaphor. Choose your answer and explain which two things are being compared. 

Example:  The fountain tossed its water, up and up, like silver marbles.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

The speaker compares water to silver marbles using the word 'like.'

1.  The oil upon the puddles dries to colors like a peacock's eyes.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

2.  Behind me the bright lights blossomed.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

3.  How long shall I tarnish the mirror of life, a spatter of rust on its polished steel!

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

4.  You glow in my heart like the flames of uncounted candles.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	
5.  The purple jars of night spill.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

6.  My heart is a nest that had song-birds in it.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

7.  A year has gone as the tortoise goes, heavy and slow.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

8.  The ship of my soul is rolling to port at last.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

9.  She is as sad as the sea-bird going forth alone.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

10.  Who throws their money around like dandelions into the sunlight?

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

11.  Untrue friends, your words are ashes.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

12.  The veil of the night was falling.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

13.  Her cheeks are like the dawn of day.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

14.  The waters were crinkled glass.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

15.  Like the stars in the sky, we seem near though we are far apart.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

16.  My hope is like a candle-flame quenched at midnight.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

17.  The green carpet of the fields spread before her.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

18.  White clouds chase each other like scampering rabbits.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

19.  Long blue waves of music washed over my mind.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

20.  All books are either dreams or swords, you can cut, or you can drug with words.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?