Similes and Metaphors

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

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simile

Front

Simile or Metaphor?
My brother was boiling mad.

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metaphor

Front

Simile or Metaphor?
She is as thin as a toothpick.

Back

simile

Front

What does the phrase "My grandma is as sweet as sugar" mean?

Back

She is very nice.

Front

When my great uncle drives, he is as slow as a turtle.

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very slow

Front

Simile or Metaphor? The assignment was a breeze.

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metaphor

Front

Identify the Simile: The tree danced in the wind., She is as tall as a tree!, That cat is the devil., My backpack weighs a thousand tons!

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She is as tall as a tree!

Front

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

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metaphor

Front

What is figurative language?

Back

Language that means more than what the words say.

Front

What two things are being compared in the metaphor: "The crab was a dancing pair of scissors, clicking across the sand."

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Crab and dancing scissors