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Simile and Metaphor Worksheet 3

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 coins gleam like cold snake scales.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

2.  Swords of rain stabbed the earth.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

3.  The shadows of clouds charge down the street like horses.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

4.  My soul is a piece of paper scrawled with fragments of an incomplete song.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

5.  Her life was like a swiftly rushing stream.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

6.  I must sit quiet: still as a stone. Silent and cold.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

7.  He clenches his fist like a twisting snake.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

8.  The moon is a heavy sack of gold.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

9.  My hopes are scattered like hot shriveled seeds.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

10.  My love is a wind-shaken flower.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

11.  The gardens of my heart are green.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

12.  This pretty little city is my brand new toy box. 

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

13.  The sea is as blue as the blue of violets.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

14.  A poet's moods are fluttering butterflies in the rain.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

15.  Did you see the mad ballet of the midsummer sky?

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

16.  The students stood as still as stumps.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

17.  My thoughts are sparrows passing.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

18.  I know you as thirst knows water.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

19.  My thoughts are an autumn breeze lifting and hurrying dry rubbish about in a corner.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?

	

20.  My dreams are petals in the water.

This is an example of...		Simile	   	 /	   Metaphor

What two things are being compared?