Simile and Metaphor

It refers to a language that uses various figures of speech to convey meaning in unusual and creative ways.

• Literal Language

• Figurative Language

Simile or Metaphor?
My mother is a dragon.

• Metaphor
• Simile

Freddy was with all of his friends when their ball went over the fence into the neighbor's yard, where a big, scary dog lived. It has been said the last child that went into the yard was eaten alive. Freddy decides to go anyway. He is

• as quick as a 
• as brave as a lion
• like taking candy from a baby
• as white as snow

What do similes and metaphors have in common?

• They both use math equations.

• They both use "like" or "as."

• They can not be used to describe people.

• They compare two objects or things.

What are the two things being compared in the following sentence?
I am as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation.

• "I" and "hungry" 
• "I" and "a hungry bear awakened from hibernation"
• "Bear" and "hibernation"
• "hungry" and "hibernation"

Which of the following is FALSE about metaphor?

• It conveys an idea or emotion more easily and better.

• It uses 'is' or 'was' and 'are' and 'were'.

• It makes a more imaginative description of something.

• It uses the words LIKE AND as.

Jimboy, Sara, and Ayessa are listening to a debate between Sabina and Argo. Argo claims that metaphors use "like" or "as" while Sabina disagrees. Who is correct?

• Argo

• Jimboy

• Sarah

• Sabina