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Page 1: Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors · Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors The sky above the trio’s heads was the colour of rusting iron, as the last lick of the day’s
Page 2: Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors · Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors The sky above the trio’s heads was the colour of rusting iron, as the last lick of the day’s

Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors

Use the following pictures and prompts to experiment with similes and metaphors.

Can you think of any of your own to add?

Read ‘Code-Cracking for Beginners’ at twinkl.com/originals

Page 3: Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors · Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors The sky above the trio’s heads was the colour of rusting iron, as the last lick of the day’s

Terror had already turned pretty young faces into ugly balls of fear.

as scared as

Sam’s eyes were

crowding likeshouted like

Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors

Page 4: Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors · Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors The sky above the trio’s heads was the colour of rusting iron, as the last lick of the day’s

Their little dark eyes shone like buttons.

matted fur like

scampering around like

behaved like

as bewildered as

as hungry as

Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors

Page 5: Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors · Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors The sky above the trio’s heads was the colour of rusting iron, as the last lick of the day’s

Experimenting with Similes and MetaphorsThe orange glow made her red hair shine brighter than a bonfire’s

flame and her green eyes sparkled like emeralds.

as shocked as

The light was a

sounded like

as dark as

hair like

Page 6: Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors · Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors The sky above the trio’s heads was the colour of rusting iron, as the last lick of the day’s

Experimenting with Similes and MetaphorsThe thick soles of her boots thumped the platform like blocks

of wood as she prowled before the group.

a voice which

felt like

as worried as

The station was a

a mouth like

Page 7: Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors · Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors The sky above the trio’s heads was the colour of rusting iron, as the last lick of the day’s

Experimenting with Similes and MetaphorsThe sky above the trio’s heads was the colour of rusting iron, as the last

lick of the day’s sunlight swept its orange tongue from east to west.

as cold as

shone like

The moon was a

waves as

Page 8: Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors · Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors The sky above the trio’s heads was the colour of rusting iron, as the last lick of the day’s

Experimenting with Similes and MetaphorsSam whizzed by him like a record-chasing racer.

feeling like

waving his fist like

pedalling as

gripping as though

as fast as

Page 9: Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors · Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors The sky above the trio’s heads was the colour of rusting iron, as the last lick of the day’s

Experimenting with Similes and MetaphorsHe threw himself forward, surging through the darkness like

a desperate jungle explorer in search of lost treasure.

sprinting like

The house was a

Sam’s heart…

as though

Page 10: Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors · Experimenting with Similes and Metaphors The sky above the trio’s heads was the colour of rusting iron, as the last lick of the day’s