Understanding Metaphors
A Grade 4 ELA worksheet focused on identifying and understanding metaphors in sentences and short passages.
Includes
Standards
Topics
Understanding Metaphors
Name:
Date:
Score:
Read the instructions for each section carefully and answer all questions.
A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'. It says one thing IS another thing to create a stronger image or meaning.
Choose the sentence that contains a metaphor.
1. Which sentence uses a metaphor?
The clouds looked like fluffy cotton balls.
Her smile was the sun shining on a rainy day.
The wind howled through the trees.
He ran as fast as a cheetah.
2. Identify the metaphor in the following sentence: "The classroom was a zoo during recess."
The classroom was quiet.
The classroom was a zoo.
The classroom was during recess.
The classroom was large.
Complete each sentence with a word that creates a metaphor.
3. The baby was a of sunshine.
4. Her voice was to my ears.
5. The library is a of knowledge.
Read each sentence and explain what the metaphor means in your own words.
6. "The snow was a white blanket over the town."
7. "My dad is a walking encyclopedia."
Read each statement and decide if it is True or False.
8. A metaphor uses 'like' or 'as' to compare two things.
True
False
9. "The sun is a giant fireball" is an example of a metaphor.
True
False
10. Write two sentences using metaphors. Then, explain what each metaphor means.
Sentence 1:
Meaning:
Sentence 2:
Meaning: