Simile and Metaphor

What is a simile?

• A direct comparison of 2 things

• Giving human traits to non-living things

• A comparison of two things using like or a

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Which is an example of a simile?

• It was raining cats and dogs.

• Her smile was as wide as the horizon.

• He is a walking dictionary.

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What is a metaphor?

• A comparison in which one thing is said to be another

• An expression whose meaning is not predictable based on the usual meaning of the words

• Comparing two things using like or as

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Which is an example of a metaphor?

• Her hair is a rats nest.

• His hair was brown.

• I ran like a sloth.

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Finish the metaphor

She is

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Finish the simile

She ran as fast as ...

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