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Simile and Metaphor
Simile and Metaphor
Similes and metaphors are really similar and very easy to get muddled up. Similes compare
two similar things using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’. A metaphor compares two things but
doesn't use ‘like’ or ‘as’ and the comparison is not very literal.
Read the sentences below and decide if they are a simile or a metaphor and write
it underneath.
Example: The sun was as hot as lava.
Answer: Simile.
1. When the woman coughed it sounded like a dog barking.
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2. During a wet lunchtime, the students in our classroom turn into zoo animals.
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3. The mother smiled and thought her children were angels.
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4. When I took my kitten to the vet, she hissed like a snake.
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5. My dad likes to stay up really late at night time. He is a night owl.
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6. My brother and I went to the pool to go on all the hydroslides. I got scared and my
brother called me a scaredy cat.
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7. We played on the monkey bars at morning tea time and when we were on them, we
acted like monkeys.
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