Metaphor Meaning Path Puzzle

Begin with the metaphor puzzle and the simile puzzle, which check themselves through the route. Use the implied meaning sheet for written practice and the idiom puzzles as a short closer or warm-up.

Follow a route through ten boxes by choosing metaphor meanings, from a boxing ring to a lighthouse. A metaphor describes one thing as if it were another, without using like or as. The directions on the page read: Start at box 1. Circle the meaning of the metaphor, then go to the box number after it. Write each box number on the Route line. A correct route visits all 10 boxes and ends at Finish. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 7th grade similes & metaphors, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

Students choose the meaning of a metaphor or simile, and the answer names the next box to visit. A correct route visits every box and ends at Finish, so a repeated box tells them to recheck.

A simile compares two unlike things and hints at a meaning the words do not state, such as patience as thin as tissue paper. What Similes and Metaphors Imply has students name what is compared and write the implied idea.

An idiom is a phrase whose meaning differs from its words, such as thin ice. Typographic Puzzles That Hide Idioms has students write each hidden idiom and a one-sentence meaning.