1. Let’s Make a Little Poetry

2. Simile vs. Metaphor
Your challenge today is to recognise the difference between a simile and a metaphor, can you do it?

3. Simile
A simile is where two things are directly compared, and “as” or “like” is usually used to compare.

4. Example #1: He was slow like a snail.
This is a example of a simile because it is comparing two nouns, a person and a snail, using “like.”

5. "The water is like the sun.”
Example #2:
"The water is like the sun.”
This is an example of simile because although water and the sun have little in common, they're being compared to one another using “like.”

6. "The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains.”
Example #3:
"The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains.”
This is an example of simile because it compares the action of one noun to the action of another unlike noun using “like.”

7. Metaphor
A metaphor also compares two things, but it does it more directly without using “as” or “like”.

8. The shop was a little gold mine.
Example #1:
The shop was a little gold mine.
This is an example of a metaphor because it compares the shop to a gold mine without using “like” or “as.”

9. Example #2: I am a rainbow.
"I am a rainbow" is a example of metaphor because it is comparing two nouns, a person, and a rainbow, but does not use like or as.

10. Example #3: I am not Anger.
"I am not anger" is an example of metaphor because it is contrasting two nouns.

11. Lets see how clever you are
Lets see how clever you are! Do you think you are clever enough to be able to tell me if these following sentences use a simile or a metaphor?
We shall see!

12. As slippery as an eel.
Simile
Metaphor

13. He was a lion in battle.
Simile
Metaphor

14. She is as pretty as a picture.
Simile
Metaphor

15. The clouds were fluffy like cotton wool.
Simile
Metaphor

16. The striker was a goal machine.
Simile
Metaphor

17. Great work !

18. Well done you are correct

19. Sorry you are wrong, try again.

20. Well done you are correct

21. Sorry you are wrong, try again.

22. Well done you are correct

23. Sorry you are wrong, try again.

24. Well done you are correct

25. Sorry you are wrong, try again.

26. Well done you are correct

27. Sorry you are wrong, try again.

28. Lost
By Jewel

29. Lost is a puzzle of stars that breathes like water and chews like stone

30. Alone is a reminder of how far acceptance is from understanding

31. Fear is a bird that believes itself into extinction

32. Desperation the honest recognition of a false truth

33. Hope seeing who you really are at your highest is who you will become

34. Grace the refinement of a Soul through time

35. Complete Which Is It? Simile or Metaphor? Worksheet
Activity...
Complete
Which Is It?
Simile or Metaphor?
Worksheet