He wasas sickas a dogA feathercould’veknockedme overAlliterationHyperboleMetaphorPatheticfallacyQuiteas amouseMy momis sweetas sugar.My legs arejelly afterwalking allday.He swimslike afish.SIMILEFREE!SIMILEI am sohungry Icould eata horseI smella ratHer newshit me likea ton ofbricksTears slidfrom myeyes like softraindrops.The field ofwheat wavedin the windlike a rollingsea.METAPHORMETAPHORSIMILESIMILERhymeMybrother'sroom is arat's nest.QuithorsingaroundA comparisonthat directlycompareswithout usinglike or as.The windwhistledas it blewMETAPHORAcomparisonusing likeor as.SimileOnomatopoeiaMy bed isas hardas a rock.He has atemperlike avolcano.The signcried forourattentionHer starefroze mein myplaceIdiomSIMILEHis hair wasas right as abasket oforanges.Timecrawled toa standstillYour wordswere adagger tomy heart.METAPHORThe classwas as noisyas a crowdat a footballgame.PersonificationMETAPHORShe ranlike thewindHer loveburnedmeRepetitionSibilanceFREE!My brotherwalks slowlike a snail.He wasas sickas a dogA feathercould’veknockedme overAlliterationHyperboleMetaphorPatheticfallacyQuiteas amouseMy momis sweetas sugar.My legs arejelly afterwalking allday.He swimslike afish.SIMILEFREE!SIMILEI am sohungry Icould eata horseI smella ratHer newshit me likea ton ofbricksTears slidfrom myeyes like softraindrops.The field ofwheat wavedin the windlike a rollingsea.METAPHORMETAPHORSIMILESIMILERhymeMybrother'sroom is arat's nest.QuithorsingaroundA comparisonthat directlycompareswithout usinglike or as.The windwhistledas it blewMETAPHORAcomparisonusing likeor as.SimileOnomatopoeiaMy bed isas hardas a rock.He has atemperlike avolcano.The signcried forourattentionHer starefroze mein myplaceIdiomSIMILEHis hair wasas right as abasket oforanges.Timecrawled toa standstillYour wordswere adagger tomy heart.METAPHORThe classwas as noisyas a crowdat a footballgame.PersonificationMETAPHORShe ranlike thewindHer loveburnedmeRepetitionSibilanceFREE!My brotherwalks slowlike a snail.

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