Similes & Metaphors

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 the words from he box to complete each sentences

 

Silk Bee Kitten Coal Eel Snow

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

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

Similes
He runs as fast as a cheetah
My Dad is as strong as an elephant
The mountain is as tall as the skies
Metaphors
My brain is foggy
I'm lazy as a sloth
My friend is strong like a gorilla