simile and metaphor

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Simile or Metaphor? My brother was boiling mad.

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metaphor

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"as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation"

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Someone is really hungry

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What two things are being compared in the following metaphor?
Her diary was her best friend, guarding her secrets quietly.
Options: "best friend" and "secrets", "diary" and "secrets", "Diary" and "her best friend", "her" and "diary"

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"Diary" and "her best friend"

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What is the meaning of the metaphor: "Her diary was her best friend, guarding all of her secrets."

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Her secrets are safe because they are written in her diary, which could not talk.

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Simile: Sylvia's new lotion made her face as smooth as a baby's skin.

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Sylvia's face was really smooth.

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What two things are being compared in the metaphor: "The crab was a dancing pair of scissors, clicking across the sand."? Options: Crab and Sand, Crab and dancing scissors, Scissors and sand, Dancing and sand.

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Crab and dancing scissors

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Similes and metaphors are poetic devices. What does this mean?

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They are literary techniques commonly found in poetry

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What is a simile?

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a comparison using the words "like" or "as"

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In the sentence, "When the cat stalks his prey, he is a shadow," what two things are being compared?

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The cat and a shadow

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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"