Game Preview

Simile, Metaphor or Neither?

  •  English    20     Public
    Can you tell the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
  •   Study   Slideshow
  • Her tears shone in the night like the lights of the mangled station wagon.
    Simile
  •  10
  • His thoughtfulness melted the iron shackles on her heart.
    Metaphor
  •  10
  • He exhaled slowly, each breath as ragged as a bumpy, brick road.
    Simile
  •  10
  • She bounded outdoors into the winter wonderland of marshmallow covered hills.
    Metaphor
  •  10
  • The cattle bellowed as mournfully as a clanging funeral bell.
    Simile
  •  10
  • The restless pine trees across the road played their stormy symphony of rushing wind.
    Metaphor
  •  10
  • The golden colors faded from the sky as the sun disappeared over the horizon.
    Neither
  •  20
  • She decided that she did like the bold, new expectations for her future, after all.
    Neither
  •  20
  • The old book’s pages fluttered through her fingers like butterfly wings through the trees.
    Simile
  •  10
  • Each face became a mirror of his own expectations.
    Metaphor
  •  10
  • His essay returned with markings as red as the blood from the Boston Massacre.
    Simile
  •  10
  • Hockey had become nothing more than a vacuum inhaling her time and money.
    Metaphor
  •  10
  • His father’s voice pierced the air as coolly as the icicles falling from the eaves.
    Simile
  •  10
  • The dark morgue of her past held skeletons better left untouched.
    Metaphor
  •  10
  • The unfortunate puppy tumbled down the steps like a jellyfish learning to walk.
    Simile
  •  10
  • His attempts at reconciliation fell flat on an audience of unfeeling statues.
    Metaphor
  •  10