Similes, Metahors, and Hyperbole

What is a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

What is a comparison between to unlike things WITHOUT using the words like or as?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Her hands were as cold as ice.

• simile

• metaphor

He was a rock and would not change his mind.

• simile

• metaphor

The little boy was running through the house like a tornado.

• simile

• metaphor

The dog’s eyes were as black as coal.

• simile

• metaphor

His parents always told him that life was a rollercoaster and to jump on.

• simile

• metaphor

After leaving the cookies out uncovered, they became as hard as rocks.

• simile

• metaphor

The crocodile’s teeth were daggers, ready to chomp down on a meal.

• simile

• metaphor

The statement, “No homework today,” was music to the students’ ears.

• simile

• metaphor