Metaphor or Simile

Worksheet Description

This worksheet provides students with sentences containing metaphors and instructs them to first underline the metaphor. After identifying the metaphor, the students are then tasked with rewriting the sentences to transform these metaphors into similes. This requires the students to manipulate the language of the original sentence, changing the direct comparison (metaphor) into one that uses “like” or “as” (simile). For example, they might take a sentence like “My mother is the rock of our family” and rephrase it to “My mother is like a rock to our family.”

The worksheet teaches students the difference between metaphors and similes by providing them with hands-on practice in converting one into the other. It enhances their understanding of figurative language and the nuances that differentiate these two literary devices. By completing this exercise, students learn to recognize the implicit comparison in metaphors and how to make it explicit by using similes. This not only improves their analytical skills but also their flexibility in using different forms of expression in their writing.