His hair wasas right as abasket oforanges.METAPHORMy momis sweetas sugar.AlliterationSimileIdiomRepetitionFREE!OnomatopoeiaHer newshit me likea ton ofbricksMETAPHORMETAPHORMy brotherwalks slowlike a snail.RhymePersonificationMy legs arejelly afterwalking allday.I am sohungry Icould eata horseTears slidfrom myeyes like softraindrops.Acomparisonusing likeor as.FREE!SIMILEQuiteas amouseHyperboleMy bed isas hardas a rock.Her loveburnedmeSIMILEYour wordswere adagger tomy heart.The windwhistledas it blewA feathercould’veknockedme overQuithorsingaroundSIMILEThe signcried forourattentionPatheticfallacyMetaphorHe has atemperlike avolcano.He wasas sickas a dogThe classwas as noisyas a crowdat a footballgame.She ranlike thewindSibilanceI smella ratHer starefroze mein myplaceSIMILETimecrawled toa standstillMETAPHORMETAPHORSIMILEA comparisonthat directlycompareswithout usinglike or as.Mybrother'sroom is arat's nest.The field ofwheat wavedin the windlike a rollingsea.He swimslike afish.His hair wasas right as abasket oforanges.METAPHORMy momis sweetas sugar.AlliterationSimileIdiomRepetitionFREE!OnomatopoeiaHer newshit me likea ton ofbricksMETAPHORMETAPHORMy brotherwalks slowlike a snail.RhymePersonificationMy legs arejelly afterwalking allday.I am sohungry Icould eata horseTears slidfrom myeyes like softraindrops.Acomparisonusing likeor as.FREE!SIMILEQuiteas amouseHyperboleMy bed isas hardas a rock.Her loveburnedmeSIMILEYour wordswere adagger tomy heart.The windwhistledas it blewA feathercould’veknockedme overQuithorsingaroundSIMILEThe signcried forourattentionPatheticfallacyMetaphorHe has atemperlike avolcano.He wasas sickas a dogThe classwas as noisyas a crowdat a footballgame.She ranlike thewindSibilanceI smella ratHer starefroze mein myplaceSIMILETimecrawled toa standstillMETAPHORMETAPHORSIMILEA comparisonthat directlycompareswithout usinglike or as.Mybrother'sroom is arat's nest.The field ofwheat wavedin the windlike a rollingsea.He swimslike afish.

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