Figurative Language Simile and Metaphor

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. 

Life is a flower that grows more beautiful every day.

• simile

• metaphor

Which word means: 'To compare two objects using the words like or as?'

• Personification 

• Metaphor

• Simile  

During brunch with his grandparents, Jacob was a real pig is an example of a (a)   .

• Simile

• Metaphor

Answer explanation

The phrase 'Jacob was a real pig' is a metaphor because it directly compares Jacob's behavior to that of a pig, implying he was greedy or messy without using 'like' or 'as', which would indicate a simile.

Comparison using like or as...​ (a)  

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Idiom

• Symbol

• Personification

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During brunch with his grandparents, Jacob was a real pig. 
What are the words in blue an example of?

(a)  

• Simlie

• Metaphor

What are the two unlike things being compared in the sentence below?

Time is as cruel as a thief in the night​.

(a)   ​ ​ (b)  

• Time

• is

• cruel

• thief

• night

• as

Pick the word that best fits the simile: 
The children were as quiet as

• frogs in the swamp

• dogs chasing cats

• a mouse

• a lion

Identify the metaphor

• My heart was a bucket full of joy after all the sweet compliments.

• My heart is a muscle.

• My heart is like a hand pump pushing blood all throughout my body.

• My heart is like a muscle.

What two things are being compared in this this sentence?

• friends to peas

• friends to pods

• peas to pods

• best to friends