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Name _______________________________________ Period ______ Date __________

Simile and Metaphor

THE METAPHOR

Her hair is silk. The sentence is comparing (or stating) that hair is silk.

Take a piece of blank white paper and fold it into fourths. In one block, write a simile and

illustrate it. In the block immediately to the right, write the same sentence as a metaphor.

Do the same for the other two blocks.

Poetry Worksheet #1

Make a four-column chart with the headings: Object 1, Object 2, Type, and Meaning

1. The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves.

2. As the teacher entered the room she whispered under her breath, "This class is like a

slice of coconut pie!"

3. The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.

4. The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it after a long day.

5. I feel like a limp dishrag.

6. Those girls are like two peas in a pod.

7. The fluorescent light was the sun during our test.

8. No one invites Harold to parties because he’s a wet blanket.

9. The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog’s bath.

10. Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a room full of rocking chairs.

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