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Simile and Metaphor Worksheet 4

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

Example:  My mind is a puddle in the street reflecting green.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

The speaker is comparing his mind to a puddle.

1.  She is as tall and lonely as the mountain-iris, cold and distant.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

2.  The stars sit on a velvet sky.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

3.  His eyebrows jut out like rocks on the sea.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

4.  She is as tender as a May morning.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

5.  The distant city is a band of twinkling gems.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

6.  The sky became a green and orange fan.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

7.  Her dress was as white as the hawthorn buds in May.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

8.  The torn lantern of my hope trembles and sputters in the rain.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

9.  Her lines of poetry are as sweet as flowers, as strong as vines.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

10.  In my heart is the sorrow lies like red leaves buried in snow.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

11.  My happiness is like this sand: I let it run out of my hand.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

12.  The clouds pass over the polished mirror of the sky.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

13.  The moon was a golden petal.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

14.  His cheek was like a rose in the snow.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

15.  My soul is a gorge filled with the warring echoes of song.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

16.  The muscles of his brawny arms are strong as iron bands.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

17.  My breath is the music of the mad wind.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

18.  The sky was green wine held up in the sun.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

19.  The ships assemble at morning like a flock of great blue cranes.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

20.  The spotlight cleaves the darkness like the stroke of a sword.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?