My bed isas hardas a rock.A feathercould’veknockedme overAlliterationSIMILEMybrother'sroom is arat's nest.METAPHORMETAPHORHer newshit me likea ton ofbricksMETAPHORMy legs arejelly afterwalking allday.Her starefroze mein myplaceOxymoronOnomatopoeiaI smella ratThe signcried forourattentionSIMILESIMILESIMILESIMILEShe ranlike thewindQuiteas amouseMy momis sweetas sugar.SimileSIMILEHis hair wasas right as abasket oforanges.A comparisonthat directlycompareswithout usinglike or as.Her loveburnedmeHe swimslike afish.He wasas sickas a dogMETAPHORI am sohungry Icould eata horseSIMILETears slidfrom myeyes like softraindrops.MetaphorPersonificationMETAPHORRhymeThe classwas as noisyas a crowdat a footballgame.SIMILEThe windwhistledas it blewRepetitionPatheticfallacyYour wordswere adagger tomy heart.SIMILESibilanceMy brotherwalks slowlike a snail.HyperboleThe field ofwheat wavedin the windlike a rollingsea.QuithorsingaroundHe has atemperlike avolcano.SIMILEAcomparisonusing likeor as.Timecrawled toa standstillMy bed isas hardas a rock.A feathercould’veknockedme overAlliterationSIMILEMybrother'sroom is arat's nest.METAPHORMETAPHORHer newshit me likea ton ofbricksMETAPHORMy legs arejelly afterwalking allday.Her starefroze mein myplaceOxymoronOnomatopoeiaI smella ratThe signcried forourattentionSIMILESIMILESIMILESIMILEShe ranlike thewindQuiteas amouseMy momis sweetas sugar.SimileSIMILEHis hair wasas right as abasket oforanges.A comparisonthat directlycompareswithout usinglike or as.Her loveburnedmeHe swimslike afish.He wasas sickas a dogMETAPHORI am sohungry Icould eata horseSIMILETears slidfrom myeyes like softraindrops.MetaphorPersonificationMETAPHORRhymeThe classwas as noisyas a crowdat a footballgame.SIMILEThe windwhistledas it blewRepetitionPatheticfallacyYour wordswere adagger tomy heart.SIMILESibilanceMy brotherwalks slowlike a snail.HyperboleThe field ofwheat wavedin the windlike a rollingsea.QuithorsingaroundHe has atemperlike avolcano.SIMILEAcomparisonusing likeor as.Timecrawled toa standstill

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