Figurative Language - Similes and Metaphors

Copy these sentences onto your blog and highlight the simile in each:

1. My bedroom was as black as a cave in the depths of the earth.
2. The classroom after school became as noisy as a gaggle of gabby geese.
3. The cat capered along the fence top like a tightrope walker on the hire wire. 
4. My anger crashed into me like waves against the shore. 

Use a word from the box to complete each simile

1. The cloth was as black as coal
2. The wet ball was as slippery as an eel
3. My little sister is as playful as a kitten
4. The top of this table is as smooth as silk
5. I’ve been as busy as a bee
6. The lamb is as white as snow

For each of these sentences is it a simile or a metaphor?

1. As slippery as an eel. - simile
2. Arnie was a man-mountain. - metaphor
3. He was a lion in battle. - metaphor
4. She is as pretty as a picture. - simile
5. The striker was a goal machine. - metaphor
6. The torch lit up the room as if the sun had already risen early. - simile
7. The moon was a misty shadow. - metaphor
8. My friend has a face like thunder. - simile

Have a go at writing some Similes and Metaphors of your own:

1.She was as fast as lightning

2. Jordan is as cheeky as a monkey

3. She is a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day

4. Natasha is as smart as a laptop

5. Natashas eyes are as blue as a blue whiteboard marker

6. Jordan has the skills of Batman