Show:
Simile or Metaphors
What two things are being compared?
Similes
What two things are being compared?
Metaphors
Onomatopoeia
Personification
100
The torch lit up the room as if the sun had risen early.
What is Simile
100
He is like a rocket on his bike.
He is compared to a bike. They both move quick like a rocket.
100
The clock is the keeper of time.
The clock is being compared to keeper of time. They both show the time.
100
the cow mooed down the farm road to the barn.
What is mooed.
100
The fire roared to life.
Object: Fire Personification: Roared
200
The cat’s fur was a blanket of warmth.
What is metaphor
200
The leaves fell like rain.
Leaves are being compared to rain. They both fall like the rain.
200
Fruit is fuel for a healthy body.
Fruit is being compared to fuel. They both give you energy.
200
The snake hissed as it encountered it's prey.
What is hissed.
200
The glasses danced on the shelf during the earthquake
Object: glasses Personification: Dance
300
Mike is a chef when he’s in the kitchen.
What is metaphor.
300
Are you feeling sick? You are as white as a ghost.
You is being compared to ghost. They are both white or pale.
300
The fresh apple was crispy like a new dollar bill.
The apple is being compared to new dollar bill. They are both crispy.
300
I felt like the entire cafeteria stopped and looked at me when my lunch tray clattered to the floor.
What is clattered
300
The water called invitingly to the hot children.
Object: water Personification: called invitingly
400
The music was as soothing as rain.
What is simile.
400
The wind was like a piercing arrow.
The wind is being compared to a piercing arrow. They are both sharp.
400
Water is the hammer that erodes the rocks.
Water is being compared to a hammer. They both erode or give rocks their shape.
400
The smell of the bacon wafted to me, and I could hear the sizzling of the grease as it fried.
What is sizzling
400
The rusty door hinge screamed every time the door opened.
Object: door hinge Personification: screamed
500
The inside of the car was a refrigerator.
What is metaphor.
500
The swing rocked like a baby learning to walk.
The swing is being compared to a baby learning to walk. They both rock back and forth
500
The stage was the canvas upon which the play was painted.
The stage is being compared to a canvas. They both have show something (canvas shows pictures and stage shows plays).
500
Alone in the house, Sara became alarmed when she heard a thumping noise overhead, and the thud of someone coming down the stairs.
What is thud and thumping
500
At precisely 6:30 am my alarm clock sprang to life.
Object: alarm clock Personification: Sprang to life