Timecrawled toa standstillMy bed isas hardas a rock.Mybrother'sroom is arat's nest.METAPHORSIMILEMy momis sweetas sugar.His hair wasas right as abasket oforanges.He swimslike afish.METAPHORSIMILESIMILEHer starefroze mein myplaceFREE!The windwhistledas it blewI smella ratMy legs arejelly afterwalking allday.SimileHer newshit me likea ton ofbricksQuiteas amousePatheticfallacyAcomparisonusing likeor as.The field ofwheat wavedin the windlike a rollingsea.A feathercould’veknockedme overFREE!AlliterationHer loveburnedmeRhymeSibilanceOnomatopoeiaRepetitionSIMILEMetaphorQuithorsingaroundIdiomMy brotherwalks slowlike a snail.A comparisonthat directlycompareswithout usinglike or as.I am sohungry Icould eata horseHe wasas sickas a dogThe signcried forourattentionShe ranlike thewindMETAPHORPersonificationHyperboleSIMILEYour wordswere adagger tomy heart.The classwas as noisyas a crowdat a footballgame.He has atemperlike avolcano.Tears slidfrom myeyes like softraindrops.METAPHORMETAPHORTimecrawled toa standstillMy bed isas hardas a rock.Mybrother'sroom is arat's nest.METAPHORSIMILEMy momis sweetas sugar.His hair wasas right as abasket oforanges.He swimslike afish.METAPHORSIMILESIMILEHer starefroze mein myplaceFREE!The windwhistledas it blewI smella ratMy legs arejelly afterwalking allday.SimileHer newshit me likea ton ofbricksQuiteas amousePatheticfallacyAcomparisonusing likeor as.The field ofwheat wavedin the windlike a rollingsea.A feathercould’veknockedme overFREE!AlliterationHer loveburnedmeRhymeSibilanceOnomatopoeiaRepetitionSIMILEMetaphorQuithorsingaroundIdiomMy brotherwalks slowlike a snail.A comparisonthat directlycompareswithout usinglike or as.I am sohungry Icould eata horseHe wasas sickas a dogThe signcried forourattentionShe ranlike thewindMETAPHORPersonificationHyperboleSIMILEYour wordswere adagger tomy heart.The classwas as noisyas a crowdat a footballgame.He has atemperlike avolcano.Tears slidfrom myeyes like softraindrops.METAPHORMETAPHOR

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