Read the following sentences. Then write “S” for “Simile” or “M” for
Metaphor next to each sentence:
1. _____ He was as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
2. _____ My bed is my magic carpet to dreamland.
3. _____ He ran the mile like a gazelle on the plains.
4. _____ The lessons of our lives are forged in the links of lasting memories.
5. _____ The dawning of a new day is like a blank page in a diary.
1. S (Simile)
2. S (Simile)
3. S (Simile)
4. M (Metaphor)
5. S (Simile)