Figurative Language

A simile.....

• tells what a person likes
• compares two unlike things using the words like or as
• compares two similar things 
• tells what a person is doing

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I like to eat fish.

• Simile
• Not a simile

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I am as quick as a fox.

• simile
• not a simile

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They were fighting like cats and dogs.

• simile
• not a simile

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The house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile
• not a simile

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what is a metaphor

• ^{is when someone compares you to something without saying like}

• when you say a hint to someone

• when you compare with someone saying like

• I don´t know

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what is an example of metaphor

• you are like an elephant

• you are like a lion

• you are fire

• I don´t know

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you are a cheetah

• simile

• metaphor

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Simile or Metaphor:
My father is a bear in the morning.

• simile
• metaphor

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which of these sentences are metaphors

• she is like a wolfe

• you are a rain

• you are a computer

• you are like train

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