Similes and Metaphors

The students were as good as gold.

• simile

• metaphor

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. 

Sara is as quiet as a mouse.

• simile

• metaphor

Talya's eyes were twinkling stars.

• simile

• metaphor

What is the meaning of the following metaphor?
Her diary was her best friend, guarding all of her secrets. 

• Her best friend was writing in her diary.

• Her diary was open so that everyone could see her secrets

• Her secrets weren't safe in her diary.

• Her secrets are safe because they are written in her diary, which could not talk. 

Simile or Metaphor?
The assignment was a breeze.

• simile

• metaphor

The baby girl’s smile was the sun on dark days. 
What does the metaphor mean above?

• The baby girl's smile made other people happy.

• When the baby girl smiled the sun would rise. 

• The baby never smiled. 

• The baby girl's smile made the moon come out. 

You are my sunshine.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Metaphore

• Semile

What is the meaning of the following Simile?
Sylvia's new lotion made her face as smooth as a baby's booty.

• Sylvia's face was really rough.

• Sylvia's face was really smooth. 

• Sylvia's face was oily. 

• Sylvia's face was really dry. 

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.