Understanding Similes
This worksheet helps grade 4 students understand and identify similes, a type of figurative language that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.
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Read each section carefully and follow the instructions to complete the activities. This worksheet will help you understand and use similes.
A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'. It helps to make writing more interesting and descriptive.
Example: The child was as hungry as a bear.
1. Which sentence contains a simile?
The sun is a giant ball of fire.
Her smile was as bright as the sun.
The wind whispered through the trees.
He ran quickly to the store.
Complete each sentence by adding a word that creates a simile. Use 'like' or 'as'.
2. The snow was as white as .
3. The baby's skin was soft like a .
4. He swam in the pool like a .
5. Write two original sentences that each contain a simile. Underline the simile in each sentence.
Read each statement. Decide if it is True or False.
6. A simile always uses the words 'like' or 'as' to make a comparison.
True
False
7. The sentence 'The clouds cried tears of rain' is a simile.
True
False
The Sleepy Cat
Whiskers, the orange tabby cat, loved to sleep. He would stretch out on the sunny rug, as long as a furry noodle. His purr was like a tiny motor, rumbling softly in his chest. When he finally opened his eyes, they gleamed like emeralds. He moved slowly, as graceful as a dancer, to his food bowl, where he ate his breakfast as fast as lightning.
8. Read the passage 'The Sleepy Cat'. Write down two similes you found in the story.