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1 SIMILE METAPHOR Fairly thorough list Good US lecture

2 Metaphor a comparison saying one thing is or was something else. The things being compared must be different. My anger was a hot wind pushing me on.

3 Metaphor He’s paralyzed, a mouse in front of the yawning maw of a python.

4 Simile a direct comparison using like or as. The two things being compared must be different. From the airplane window, clouds looked like layers of onion.

5 Josie and Bess like ice cream.
Caroline swims like a fish. The homeless shelter is a beacon of hope. Mark slept like a log. Isaac is as tall as a tree. Mrs. Ray is a coach. LaBria’s voice is velvet. I’ll love you to the moon as long as I live. I like to read. The perfume smells like an outhouse. Our feverish cat was a furnace.

6 SIMILE Caroline swims like a fish. Mark slept like a log. Isaac is as tall as a tree. The perfume smells like an outhouse. METAPHOR The homeless shelter is a beacon of hope. LaBria’s voice is velvet. Our feverish cat was a furnace.

7 NOTHING Josie and Bess like ice cream. Mrs. Ray is a coach. I’ll love you to the moon as long as I live. I like to read.


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