Simile and its usage

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

• simile
• metaphor

"Her eyes were like a deep ocean filled with endless mystery." This is an example of ____________________.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Structure

The baby was like an octopus, pulling all the socks off the rack at the store.
What is the meaning of the simile above?

• The baby had 8 legs.
• The baby lives in the sea.
• The baby was pulling things off the rack so fast it seemed like it had many legs.
• The baby was sleeping. 

The water was as smooth as glass.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Hyperbole

Check all responses that ARE similes.

• Watching this movie is like watching grass grow.

• Those kids are fighting like cats and dogs.

• I like to eat steak and potatoes.

• He should have threw it away as he walked by the trash can.

• He is as fast as a cheetah.

It is a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using the words like or as.

• Simile

• Metaphor

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

• simile
• metaphor

I felt like a butterfly when Mama tied the beautiful bow on my dress.

• Simile

• Metaphor

What type of figurative language is shown?
Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• alliteration

Melissa's face turned as white as a ghost's when her mom caught her stealing sweets from the kitchen.

El rostro de Melissa se puso tan blanco como el de un fantasma cuando su madre la sorprendió robando dulces de la cocina.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Imagery