Metaphor

The sky was the color of the calm Pacific Ocean.

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I am as hungry as a bear!

• Simile
• Metaphor

The dog crept into the kitchen like a silent thief.

•  Simile
• Metaphor

The hug was a warm blanket.

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Mrs. Bowsman is a bear when she wakes up each morning. 

• Mrs. Bowsman likes to eat berries for breakfast.
• Mrs. Bowsman is grouchy in the mornings.

She slept like a log.

• She slept soundly.
• She liked to sleep in the woods.

She ran like the wind across the field.

• Her hair blew in the breeze.
• She ran fast.

He was a busy bee.

• He was extremely busy. 
• He wore a striped shirt. 

Identify the metaphor.

• He was as slow as a snail.
• Her temper tantrum was a tornado passing through the Midwest.
• She ran like the wind.
• That building is as old as the pyramids.

Identify the simile.

• The busy store is a beehive.
• He was a broken record.
• The hurricane was a monster.
• Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.