MetaphorSibilancePatheticfallacyHyperboleA comparisonthat directlycompareswithout usinglike or as.The signcried forourattentionMy bed isas hardas a rock.My legs arejelly afterwalking allday.Acomparisonusing likeor as.QuithorsingaroundTears slidfrom myeyes like softraindrops.Her loveburnedmeYour wordswere adagger tomy heart.RhymeHe swimslike afish.A feathercould’veknockedme overMy momis sweetas sugar.RepetitionMETAPHORMETAPHORSimileSIMILEHer newshit me likea ton ofbricksI am sohungry Icould eata horseHis hair wasas right as abasket oforanges.METAPHORMETAPHORAlliterationSIMILEI smella ratFREE!OxymoronSIMILESIMILEHe wasas sickas a dogPersonificationThe field ofwheat wavedin the windlike a rollingsea.OnomatopoeiaHe has atemperlike avolcano.The windwhistledas it blewQuiteas amouseTimecrawled toa standstillThe classwas as noisyas a crowdat a footballgame.My brotherwalks slowlike a snail.METAPHORShe ranlike thewindMybrother'sroom is arat's nest.SIMILEHer starefroze mein myplaceMetaphorSibilancePatheticfallacyHyperboleA comparisonthat directlycompareswithout usinglike or as.The signcried forourattentionMy bed isas hardas a rock.My legs arejelly afterwalking allday.Acomparisonusing likeor as.QuithorsingaroundTears slidfrom myeyes like softraindrops.Her loveburnedmeYour wordswere adagger tomy heart.RhymeHe swimslike afish.A feathercould’veknockedme overMy momis sweetas sugar.RepetitionMETAPHORMETAPHORSimileSIMILEHer newshit me likea ton ofbricksI am sohungry Icould eata horseHis hair wasas right as abasket oforanges.METAPHORMETAPHORAlliterationSIMILEI smella ratFREE!OxymoronSIMILESIMILEHe wasas sickas a dogPersonificationThe field ofwheat wavedin the windlike a rollingsea.OnomatopoeiaHe has atemperlike avolcano.The windwhistledas it blewQuiteas amouseTimecrawled toa standstillThe classwas as noisyas a crowdat a footballgame.My brotherwalks slowlike a snail.METAPHORShe ranlike thewindMybrother'sroom is arat's nest.SIMILEHer 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. Metaphor
  2. Sibilance
  3. Pathetic fallacy
  4. Hyperbole
  5. A comparison that directly compares without using like or as.
  6. The sign cried for our attention
  7. My bed is as hard as a rock.
  8. My legs are jelly after walking all day.
  9. A comparison using like or as.
  10. Quit horsing around
  11. Tears slid from my eyes like soft raindrops.
  12. Her love burned me
  13. Your words were a dagger to my heart.
  14. Rhyme
  15. He swims like a fish.
  16. A feather could’ve knocked me over
  17. My mom is sweet as sugar.
  18. Repetition
  19. METAPHOR
  20. METAPHOR
  21. Simile
  22. SIMILE
  23. Her news hit me like a ton of bricks
  24. I am so hungry I could eat a horse
  25. His hair was as right as a basket of oranges.
  26. METAPHOR
  27. METAPHOR
  28. Alliteration
  29. SIMILE
  30. I smell a rat
  31. FREE!
  32. Oxymoron
  33. SIMILE
  34. SIMILE
  35. He was as sick as a dog
  36. Personification
  37. The field of wheat waved in the wind like a rolling sea.
  38. Onomatopoeia
  39. He has a temper like a volcano.
  40. The wind whistled as it blew
  41. Quite as a mouse
  42. Time crawled to a stand still
  43. The class was as noisy as a crowd at a football game.
  44. My brother walks slow like a snail.
  45. METAPHOR
  46. She ran like the wind
  47. My brother's room is a rat's nest.
  48. SIMILE
  49. Her stare froze me in my place