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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.

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

This is an example of... Simile / Metaphor

2. He overwhelmed the boxer with avalanches of punches.

This is an example of... Simile / Metaphor

3. The musicians spun great webs of sound.

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

This is an example of... Simile / Metaphor

6. Fear fell from us like steel armor.

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

This is an example of... Simile / Metaphor

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

This is an example of... Simile / Metaphor

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

This is an example of... Simile / Metaphor

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

This is an example of... Simile / Metaphor

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

This is an example of... Simile / Metaphor

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

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

This is an example of... Simile / Metaphor

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

This is an example of... Simile / Metaphor

20. Her kisses are sharp buds of fire.