Similes and metaphors

Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile
• metaphor

When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a

• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:

• alliteration
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

I'm as light as a feather.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tucker's eyes are as blue as the sky.

• Simile

• Metaphor

You were brave as a lion.

• simile

• metaphor

He is a shining star.

• simile

• metaphor

The class was a zoo.

• simile

• metaphor

He is as strong as an ox.

• simile

• metaphor

The snow is a white blanket.

• simile

• metaphor