Identifying Similes and Metaphors Worksheet Download
This language arts worksheet has students tell similes from metaphors. Each sentence has a comparison underlined, and students write simile when it uses like or as and metaphor when it says one thing is another.
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Identifying Similes and Metaphors
Students read sentences with a comparison underlined and decide whether each one is a simile or a metaphor.
About this worksheet
Students read sentences with a comparison underlined and decide whether each one is a simile or a metaphor.
Student objectives
- Recognize that a simile compares two things using like or as
- Recognize that a metaphor compares by saying one thing is another
- Tell a simile from a metaphor in a sentence
- Notice comparisons writers use to describe things
Everyday practice
- Spotting similes and metaphors in a chapter book
- Noticing comparisons in song lyrics
- Describing a rainy day with a simile in a journal
- Understanding a friend who says the hallway was an oven