Her loveburnedmeMETAPHORTimecrawled toa standstillYour wordswere adagger tomy heart.He swimslike afish.He has atemperlike avolcano.SIMILESIMILEHer starefroze mein myplaceRhymeMetaphorThe field ofwheat wavedin the windlike a rollingsea.His hair wasas right as abasket oforanges.Acomparisonusing likeor as.My brotherwalks slowlike a snail.FREE!METAPHORMETAPHORThe signcried forourattentionFREE!Quiteas amousePatheticfallacyThe windwhistledas it blewMETAPHORMy bed isas hardas a rock.OnomatopoeiaIdiomPersonificationSibilanceSimileHyperboleA feathercould’veknockedme overMybrother'sroom is arat's nest.SIMILEA comparisonthat directlycompareswithout usinglike or as.SIMILEThe classwas as noisyas a crowdat a footballgame.Her newshit me likea ton ofbricksMy momis sweetas sugar.QuithorsingaroundRepetitionTears slidfrom myeyes like softraindrops.I smella ratHe wasas sickas a dogMETAPHORI am sohungry Icould eata horseShe ranlike thewindSIMILEMy legs arejelly afterwalking allday.AlliterationHer loveburnedmeMETAPHORTimecrawled toa standstillYour wordswere adagger tomy heart.He swimslike afish.He has atemperlike avolcano.SIMILESIMILEHer starefroze mein myplaceRhymeMetaphorThe field ofwheat wavedin the windlike a rollingsea.His hair wasas right as abasket oforanges.Acomparisonusing likeor as.My brotherwalks slowlike a snail.FREE!METAPHORMETAPHORThe signcried forourattentionFREE!Quiteas amousePatheticfallacyThe windwhistledas it blewMETAPHORMy bed isas hardas a rock.OnomatopoeiaIdiomPersonificationSibilanceSimileHyperboleA feathercould’veknockedme overMybrother'sroom is arat's nest.SIMILEA comparisonthat directlycompareswithout usinglike or as.SIMILEThe classwas as noisyas a crowdat a footballgame.Her newshit me likea ton ofbricksMy momis sweetas sugar.QuithorsingaroundRepetitionTears slidfrom myeyes like softraindrops.I smella ratHe wasas sickas a dogMETAPHORI am sohungry Icould eata horseShe ranlike thewindSIMILEMy legs arejelly afterwalking allday.Alliteration

Similes and Metaphors - Call List

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