HyperboleThe classwas as noisyas a crowdat a footballgame.My momis sweetas sugar.SIMILETears slidfrom myeyes like softraindrops.METAPHORMETAPHORThe windwhistledas it blewMy brotherwalks slowlike a snail.A feathercould’veknockedme overSIMILEHe wasas sickas a dogHer newshit me likea ton ofbricksSIMILEMy bed isas hardas a rock.PatheticfallacyThe signcried forourattentionSimileMETAPHORSIMILEHis hair wasas right as abasket oforanges.Mybrother'sroom is arat's nest.Quiteas amouseThe field ofwheat wavedin the windlike a rollingsea.SIMILEA comparisonthat directlycompareswithout usinglike or as.MetaphorAcomparisonusing likeor as.I smella ratMETAPHORHer loveburnedmeShe ranlike thewindAlliterationRepetitionRhymeQuithorsingaroundMy legs arejelly afterwalking allday.OnomatopoeiaI am sohungry Icould eata horseYour wordswere adagger tomy heart.He swimslike afish.He has atemperlike avolcano.SibilanceOxymoronHer starefroze mein myplaceMETAPHORFREE!Timecrawled toa standstillPersonificationHyperboleThe classwas as noisyas a crowdat a footballgame.My momis sweetas sugar.SIMILETears slidfrom myeyes like softraindrops.METAPHORMETAPHORThe windwhistledas it blewMy brotherwalks slowlike a snail.A feathercould’veknockedme overSIMILEHe wasas sickas a dogHer newshit me likea ton ofbricksSIMILEMy bed isas hardas a rock.PatheticfallacyThe signcried forourattentionSimileMETAPHORSIMILEHis hair wasas right as abasket oforanges.Mybrother'sroom is arat's nest.Quiteas amouseThe field ofwheat wavedin the windlike a rollingsea.SIMILEA comparisonthat directlycompareswithout usinglike or as.MetaphorAcomparisonusing likeor as.I smella ratMETAPHORHer loveburnedmeShe ranlike thewindAlliterationRepetitionRhymeQuithorsingaroundMy legs arejelly afterwalking allday.OnomatopoeiaI am sohungry Icould eata horseYour wordswere adagger tomy heart.He swimslike afish.He has atemperlike avolcano.SibilanceOxymoronHer starefroze mein myplaceMETAPHORFREE!Timecrawled toa standstillPersonification

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