My momis sweetas sugar.HyperboleTears slidfrom myeyes like softraindrops.His hair wasas right as abasket oforanges.My legs arejelly afterwalking allday.SIMILESimileYour wordswere adagger tomy heart.METAPHORMETAPHORQuiteas amousePersonificationSIMILEMy brotherwalks slowlike a snail.I am sohungry Icould eata horseMy bed isas hardas a rock.Her loveburnedmeMETAPHORAlliterationOnomatopoeiaHe swimslike afish.METAPHORHe has atemperlike avolcano.RhymeOxymoronAcomparisonusing likeor as.The field ofwheat wavedin the windlike a rollingsea.I smella ratMetaphorPatheticfallacyFREE!SIMILESibilanceThe classwas as noisyas a crowdat a footballgame.Timecrawled toa standstillThe windwhistledas it blewThe signcried forourattentionMybrother'sroom is arat's nest.SIMILEA feathercould’veknockedme overSIMILEA comparisonthat directlycompareswithout usinglike or as.QuithorsingaroundMETAPHORHer newshit me likea ton ofbricksHe wasas sickas a dogShe ranlike thewindRepetitionHer starefroze mein myplaceMy momis sweetas sugar.HyperboleTears slidfrom myeyes like softraindrops.His hair wasas right as abasket oforanges.My legs arejelly afterwalking allday.SIMILESimileYour wordswere adagger tomy heart.METAPHORMETAPHORQuiteas amousePersonificationSIMILEMy brotherwalks slowlike a snail.I am sohungry Icould eata horseMy bed isas hardas a rock.Her loveburnedmeMETAPHORAlliterationOnomatopoeiaHe swimslike afish.METAPHORHe has atemperlike avolcano.RhymeOxymoronAcomparisonusing likeor as.The field ofwheat wavedin the windlike a rollingsea.I smella ratMetaphorPatheticfallacyFREE!SIMILESibilanceThe classwas as noisyas a crowdat a footballgame.Timecrawled toa standstillThe windwhistledas it blewThe signcried forourattentionMybrother'sroom is arat's nest.SIMILEA feathercould’veknockedme overSIMILEA comparisonthat directlycompareswithout usinglike or as.QuithorsingaroundMETAPHORHer newshit me likea ton ofbricksHe wasas sickas a dogShe ranlike thewindRepetitionHer starefroze mein myplace

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