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These metaphor worksheets will help students learn metaphors. They provide examples of metaphors and ask students to identify and match them to the corresponding concepts. Answers are included so students can check their work and understand the metaphors fully.
Like a simile, a metaphor compares words in a sentence; however, instead of saying that one thing is like something else, a metaphor actually makes one thing become something very different by renaming it. A metaphor can sometimes use words like is, are, or was (and other words) to signal that a metaphor is present.
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Identify what type of figurative language is being used in each sentence. Justify your answer. (Some of the sentences have no figurative language at all, so stay on your toes!) 1. The swans were graceful as ballerinas. What type of language? Personification, Hyperbole, Metaphor, Idiom, Simile, or Literal? Justify your answer. 2.
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Click the buttons to print each worksheet and associated answer key. Label each of the sentences as either: a simile, metaphor, hyperbole, or example of personification. Then explain why this is. You will perform the same skill, but this exercise includes more complex language that you will analyze.
simile is a comparison between two things using the words “like” or “as.” A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two things. It often uses the word “is ,was, are or were.” Label each sentence a simile or metaphor. That man is an ogre. ___________________________ He is as smart as a fox. _________________________
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This worksheet has 20 examples of simile and metaphor. Students read each example, determine whether it is a simile or metaphor, then explain which two things are being compared. Want to differentiate instruction and make it harder for some students?
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