Simile and its usage

I couldn't sleep well last night because the noise of the crying baby was _____

• like a log

• like a skunk

• like a dying cat

• like thunder

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What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.
• She talks really loudly.
• She gets really angry. 
• She spits when she talks. 

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Jim felt free as a bird when school was out.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

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Which sentence is an example of simile?

• The cat is small.

• Emmett is fast like a cheetah.

• The rose is pretty.

• Tayvrie is a cheetah.

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Identify if the sentence below has a simile, a metaphor, both, or no figure of speech at all!

After bagging the championship, the team captain of the basketball team lead his troop into the gym where they were cheered on by their school mates, and with the trophy waved above them like a flag.

Then explain how you can tell.

• A. Simile

• B. Metaphor

• C. Both a Simile and a Metaphor

• D. There is no figure of speech in that sentence.

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He was a natural singer with a voice that was as clear as _______________. A. a mirror B. a lake C. a bell D. a water fall

• A. a mirror

• C. a bell

• B. a lake

• D. a water fall

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Both similes and metaphors ________.

• compare two unlike things

• use the words “like” and “as”

• are ways words can rhyme in a poem

• make a story less vivid

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"Her eyes were like a deep ocean filled with endless mystery."

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• oxymoron

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Francis was slow as a sloth.

• Simile

• Metaphor

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The following is an example of what form of figurative language?

After I received that "A" on my spelling test, I thought I might soar like an eagle.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

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