This Grade 4 worksheet uses short poetry excerpts to teach simile and metaphor identification in real verse. Students read famous lines from poems, decide whether each uses 'like,' 'as,' or direct renaming, and label them correctly. The fill-in and matching items reinforce the difference between figurative and literal language while building familiarity with poetic devices in L.4.5a-aligned activities. Grade 4 students explore poetry vocabulary.
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Similes and Metaphors
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. 'The fog comes on little cat feet' uses a metaphor because it says fog IS cat feet.
2. 'My love is like a red, red rose' is a simile because it uses the word 'like'.
3. 'Hope is the thing with feathers' calls hope a bird, making it a metaphor.
4. 'Her voice was as clear as a bell' uses 'as X as,' so it is a simile.
5. 'Time is a thief that steals our days' is a metaphor because time is renamed.
6. Comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as' is called a simile.
7. Comparing two unlike things by stating one IS the other is called a metaphor.
8. Vivid language that paints pictures in a reader's mind is called imagery.
9. Language meant exactly as written, with no comparisons, is called literal.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
'Stars like diamonds in the sky'
→ Simile using 'like' to compare stars
Simile using 'like' to compare stars
'The classroom is a zoo'
→ Metaphor that renames the room
Metaphor that renames the room
'Her laugh is music to my ears'
→ Metaphor calling laughter music
Metaphor calling laughter music
'Quick as lightning, the cat ran'
→ Simile using 'as' to compare speed
Simile using 'as' to compare speed
Similes and Metaphors
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) 'The fog comes on little cat feet' uses a metaphor because it says fog IS cat feet.
2) 'My love is like a red, red rose' is a simile because it uses the word 'like'.
3) 'Hope is the thing with feathers' calls hope a bird, making it a metaphor.
4) 'Her voice was as clear as a bell' uses 'as X as,' so it is a simile.
5) 'Time is a thief that steals our days' is a metaphor because time is renamed.
6) Comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as' is called a simile.
7) Comparing two unlike things by stating one IS the other is called a metaphor.
8) Vivid language that paints pictures in a reader's mind is called imagery.
9) Language meant exactly as written, with no comparisons, is called literal.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
'Stars like diamonds in the sky'
→ Simile using 'like' to compare stars
Simile using 'like' to compare stars
'The classroom is a zoo'
→ Metaphor that renames the room
Metaphor that renames the room
'Her laugh is music to my ears'
→ Metaphor calling laughter music
Metaphor calling laughter music
'Quick as lightning, the cat ran'
→ Simile using 'as' to compare speed
Simile using 'as' to compare speed
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