SIMILEThe classwas as noisyas a crowdat a footballgame.SIMILEMETAPHORThe windwhistledas it blewMETAPHORQuiteas amouseHer newshit me likea ton ofbricksMybrother'sroom is arat's nest.Your wordswere adagger tomy heart.A feathercould’veknockedme overMETAPHORPatheticfallacyOnomatopoeiaRepetitionHer starefroze mein myplaceRhymeHyperboleFREE!SimileHis hair wasas right as abasket oforanges.He has atemperlike avolcano.She ranlike thewindTears slidfrom myeyes like softraindrops.My momis sweetas sugar.Her loveburnedmeMy legs arejelly afterwalking allday.SIMILEMETAPHORThe field ofwheat wavedin the windlike a rollingsea.I smella ratMy brotherwalks slowlike a snail.PersonificationAcomparisonusing likeor as.SIMILEHe swimslike afish.My bed isas hardas a rock.SIMILEHe wasas sickas a dogMETAPHORAlliterationThe signcried forourattentionOxymoronI am sohungry Icould eata horseA comparisonthat directlycompareswithout usinglike or as.SibilanceTimecrawled toa standstillQuithorsingaroundMetaphorSIMILEThe classwas as noisyas a crowdat a footballgame.SIMILEMETAPHORThe windwhistledas it blewMETAPHORQuiteas amouseHer newshit me likea ton ofbricksMybrother'sroom is arat's nest.Your wordswere adagger tomy heart.A feathercould’veknockedme overMETAPHORPatheticfallacyOnomatopoeiaRepetitionHer starefroze mein myplaceRhymeHyperboleFREE!SimileHis hair wasas right as abasket oforanges.He has atemperlike avolcano.She ranlike thewindTears slidfrom myeyes like softraindrops.My momis sweetas sugar.Her loveburnedmeMy legs arejelly afterwalking allday.SIMILEMETAPHORThe field ofwheat wavedin the windlike a rollingsea.I smella ratMy brotherwalks slowlike a snail.PersonificationAcomparisonusing likeor as.SIMILEHe swimslike afish.My bed isas hardas a rock.SIMILEHe wasas sickas a dogMETAPHORAlliterationThe signcried forourattentionOxymoronI am sohungry Icould eata horseA comparisonthat directlycompareswithout usinglike or as.SibilanceTimecrawled toa standstillQuithorsingaroundMetaphor

Similes and Metaphors - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. SIMILE
  2. The class was as noisy as a crowd at a football game.
  3. SIMILE
  4. METAPHOR
  5. The wind whistled as it blew
  6. METAPHOR
  7. Quite as a mouse
  8. Her news hit me like a ton of bricks
  9. My brother's room is a rat's nest.
  10. Your words were a dagger to my heart.
  11. A feather could’ve knocked me over
  12. METAPHOR
  13. Pathetic fallacy
  14. Onomatopoeia
  15. Repetition
  16. Her stare froze me in my place
  17. Rhyme
  18. Hyperbole
  19. FREE!
  20. Simile
  21. His hair was as right as a basket of oranges.
  22. He has a temper like a volcano.
  23. She ran like the wind
  24. Tears slid from my eyes like soft raindrops.
  25. My mom is sweet as sugar.
  26. Her love burned me
  27. My legs are jelly after walking all day.
  28. SIMILE
  29. METAPHOR
  30. The field of wheat waved in the wind like a rolling sea.
  31. I smell a rat
  32. My brother walks slow like a snail.
  33. Personification
  34. A comparison using like or as.
  35. SIMILE
  36. He swims like a fish.
  37. My bed is as hard as a rock.
  38. SIMILE
  39. He was as sick as a dog
  40. METAPHOR
  41. Alliteration
  42. The sign cried for our attention
  43. Oxymoron
  44. I am so hungry I could eat a horse
  45. A comparison that directly compares without using like or as.
  46. Sibilance
  47. Time crawled to a stand still
  48. Quit horsing around
  49. Metaphor