Similes and Metaphors

Similes

1. My stomach feels as empty as outer space.

2. When I got my flu shot, I was so dizzy I felt like I was floating in outer space.

3. My friend has eyes that look like the stars.

Metaphors

1. My sister's head is outer space.

2. Cory K's head is an alien.

3. That new girl, Renee is definetly from outer space!

Similes

1.  My grandmother's hair looked like the white snow outside.

2. The snowball fight my brothers had outside was like a reenactment of the Civil War!

3. My aunt is shaped like a snowman.

Metaphors

1.  The snow is a shield.

2. The ground is now a white blanket of cotton.

3. My teacher had an icy, winter breath.

Similies

1. Her hair was as soft as a cloud.

2. Her sundress was red and gold, like a beautiful sunset.

3. The sunrise was like a painting.

Metaphors

1. The blue sky was my father's eyes.

2. Jodi is a lazy cloud.

3. My sister is tall enough to reach the sky.

Similes

1. The waves were as tall as a mountain.

2. The crashing waves sounded like lightning striking a tree.

3. The fish in the water looked like shimmering crystals.

4. Her laugh was like a seagull's caw.

5. The ocean's waves looked like sapphire silk.

Metaphors

1. Her eyes are an ocean.

2. The ocean breeze is heaven.

3. She had a mermaid's hair.

4. Tessa was a graceful dolphin swimming in the ocean.

5. My neighbor is an old crab.

6. Her skin is the color of sand.