Similes and Metaphors

This house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile

• metaphor

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

• simile

• metaphor

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My big brother is a couch potato.

• simile

• metaphor

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What is the meaning of the following simile?
"as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation"

• Someone is really hungry

• Someone is slightly sleepy

• Someone is extremely sleepy.

• Someone is slightly hungry. 

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Metaphor or simile?

• metaphor

• simile

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the comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

• simile

• mood

• commentary

• cause

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Metaphor or simile?

• metaphor

• simile

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"Bruce ate like a pig, but it didn't bother me." This simile means...

• Brian ate a lot of food.

• Brian looks like a pig.

• Brian eats the same food as a pig.

• Brian likes a pig.

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A metaphor compares two things NOT using the words...

• have and of

• like and as

• to have and to hold

• simile

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What is an example of a metaphor?

• Her hair was as yellow as the sun.

• His hands were as cold as ice.

• Fourth-grade has the heart of a lion.

• The house was like a circus!

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