NamE
Date
To Clean or Not to Clean?
Draw an X over each simile. Draw an O over each metaphor. The winner will have three in a row. Choose two boxes.
On the back of this page, write the meaning of each simile or metaphor.
If Xs win,
you clean.
If Os win,
you don’t!
Your bedroom is a
jungle!
Your parrot sounds
like a broken
record.
Dirty socks seem
to grow like weeds.
The bed is as
lumpy as mashed
potatoes.
The soft pillow
is like a big fluffy
cloud.
The window is
sealed tighter than
a vault.
There is a
skyscraper of
dirty clothes in the
closet.
Clean your pigsty
of a room.
Toys have been
scattered like
leaves in the wind.
The radio is as
loud as a freight
train.
The layer of dust
on the books is as
thick as mud.
Your desk looks
like a tornado hit it.
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Answer Key
Your bedroom is a
jungle!
Your parrot sounds
like a broken
record.
Dirty socks seem
to grow like weeds.
The bed is as
lumpy as mashed
potatoes.
The soft pillow
is like a big fluffy
cloud.
The window is
sealed tighter than
a vault.
There is a
skyscraper of
dirty clothes in the
closet.
Clean your pigsty
of a room.
Toys have been
scattered like
leaves in the wind.
The radio is as
loud as a freight
train.
The layer of dust
on the books is as
thick as mud.
Your desk looks
like a tornado hit it.