Metaphor Similes

Her tears shone in the night like the lights of the station wagon

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Neither

A figure of speech that compares two things that are alike in some way using “like” or “as.”

• simile

• metaphor

The city is a sea of sadness.

• simile

• metaphor

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

• alliteration

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

That girl is as tough as nails.

• simile

• metaphor

He was scared so much he was as white as a ghost.

• simile

• metaphor

The band played as loud as a sonic boom.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• eardrums

After playing football on the cold January day, his fingers were icicles.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hot chocolate

When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

Fruit is fuel for a healthy body. 

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration