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Simile and Metaphor Worksheet 1 

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.  The faces at the street crossings shine like a row of eggs on a pantry shelf.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

2.  He overwhelmed the boxer with avalanches of punches.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

3.  The musicians spun great webs of sound.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

4.  A hundred miles of landscape spread before me like a fan.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

5.  We were crushed by the hammer of sunlight.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

6.  Fear fell from us like steel armor.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

7.  The night is as cold as a sharp sword.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

8.  Her voice was like water bubbling from a silver jar.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

9.  Children are the most beautiful flowers of all.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

10.  There I waited, crouched behind my pointed wall of words.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	
11.  The town was set along the coast like a little pearl in an emerald band.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

12.  The strong men live on, fighting, singing, lucky as plungers.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

13.  The gnashes of northern winds are the best Norwegian wines to him.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

14.  Your voice is like bells over roofs at dawn.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

15.  Your shadow is sunlight on a plate of silver.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

16.  She smiled her sugary smile.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

17.  Here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

18.  One large opal hung like a milky, rainbow moon.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

19.  The cup of my heart is still, and cold, and empty.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

20.  Her kisses are sharp buds of fire.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?