This Grade 4 worksheet invites students to craft their own similes and metaphors for sunsets, math tests, best friends, and thunderstorms. Multiple-choice items model strong original comparisons, while fill-ins reinforce the rules for building each device. Learners practice using 'like,' 'as,' and direct renaming to produce vivid imagery, supporting L.4.5a writing and figurative language goals. Grade 4 students craft their own similes and metaphors.
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Similes and Metaphors
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Which sentence is the BEST original simile for a sunset?
A) The sunset spread across the sky like a fiery painting
B) The sunset was at six o'clock today
C) The sunset is sunset
D) The sunset, sunset, sunset glowed
2. Which is the BEST original metaphor for a difficult math test?
A) The math test was a steep mountain we had to climb
B) The math test was a math test indeed
C) The math test had numbers and questions
D) The math test happened in the morning
3. Which sentence is the BEST original simile for a best friend?
A) My best friend is like a warm blanket on a cold night
B) My best friend has hair and eyes
C) My best friend goes to school here
D) My best friend is named after a relative
4. Which sentence is the BEST original metaphor for a thunderstorm?
A) The thunderstorm was an angry drummer pounding the rooftops
B) The thunderstorm came at three o'clock
C) The thunderstorm was wet and loud and there
D) The thunderstorm thunderstorm rumbled
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. To write a simile, connect two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.
2. To write a metaphor, state directly that one thing is another.
3. Strong figurative writing creates vivid mental pictures called imagery.
4. When we write similes and metaphors, our language is figurative, not literal.
5. Verses that often use similes and metaphors to share feelings are called poetry.
Similes and Metaphors
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Which sentence is the BEST original simile for a sunset?
A) The sunset spread across the sky like a fiery painting
B) The sunset was at six o'clock today
C) The sunset is sunset
D) The sunset, sunset, sunset glowed
2. Which is the BEST original metaphor for a difficult math test?
A) The math test was a steep mountain we had to climb
B) The math test was a math test indeed
C) The math test had numbers and questions
D) The math test happened in the morning
3. Which sentence is the BEST original simile for a best friend?
A) My best friend is like a warm blanket on a cold night
B) My best friend has hair and eyes
C) My best friend goes to school here
D) My best friend is named after a relative
4. Which sentence is the BEST original metaphor for a thunderstorm?
A) The thunderstorm was an angry drummer pounding the rooftops
B) The thunderstorm came at three o'clock
C) The thunderstorm was wet and loud and there
D) The thunderstorm thunderstorm rumbled
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) To write a simile, connect two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.
2) To write a metaphor, state directly that one thing is another.
3) Strong figurative writing creates vivid mental pictures called imagery.
4) When we write similes and metaphors, our language is figurative, not literal.
5) Verses that often use similes and metaphors to share feelings are called poetry.
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