Similes in Literature
This worksheet helps 7th-grade students understand, identify, and use similes in various contexts.
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. This worksheet focuses on identifying and understanding similes, a type of figurative language that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
The old house stood on a hill, its windows like vacant eyes staring out at the world. The wind howled around it, a mournful cry as loud as a hungry wolf. Inside, the silence was heavy, thick as a blanket of snow. Dust motes danced in the slivers of sunlight, shimmering like tiny diamonds. Each creak of the floorboards was a whisper, soft as a secret shared in the dark. The garden, once vibrant, was now overgrown, thorny bushes clutching at the air like desperate hands.
1. Which of the following is a simile from the passage?
The wind howled.
Its windows like vacant eyes.
The garden was overgrown.
Each creak was a whisper.
2. The simile "a mournful cry as loud as a hungry wolf" compares:
The house and a wolf.
The wind's cry and a wolf's cry.
Silence and a wolf.
Dust motes and a wolf.
Complete the following sentences by adding a simile. Be creative!
3. The runner was as fast as .
4. Her smile was like .
5. The fog settled over the city like .
6. Explain the meaning of the simile "the silence was heavy, thick as a blanket of snow" from the passage.
7. Write a short paragraph (3-5 sentences) describing a stormy night. Include at least two similes in your description.