What's being compared? Similes
Her blue eyes are like the sky .
eyes and sky
Her heart is stone.
heart and stone
She was a walking color wheel, always wearing just about every shade possible, all at once.
Metaphor
Her hands were like ice.
cold hands
I had a rollercoaster of emotions.
Lots of differing feelings
The boy ran as fast as lightening.
the boys running to lightening
It's so loud here. This classroom is a zoo.
classroom and zoo
Tiffany's eyes were as sky blue as her father's eyes.
Neither!
You move like a sloth.
You move super slow
I am an open book.
I will tell you anything you want to know.
Her laughter was fireworks in the middle of a quiet night.
Laughter + fireworks
Our homework today is a nightmare.
Homework + nightmare
When he ate, he was like a crocodile, opening wide and snapping his jaws suddenly for the kill.
Simile
A slave becoming free would be like catching lightening in a bottle.
It would be impossible.
Her smile was a lighthouse in a foggy harbor.
Someone’s smile gives hope or guidance in a confusing situation.
Hope is like a paper airplane, fragile but daring to fly
hope + paper airplane
The memory was a sticky note that refused to fall
memory + sitcky note
Her elderly fingers were thin gnarled branches, twisting oddly from the stem of her palms.
Metaphor
The truth hit me like a wave.
The realization was sudden and overwhelming
He’s a volcano ready to blow at the smallest disturbance.
He is easily angered and quick to get mad.
The day was like a melting ice cream cone in the sun
day + melting ice cream cone
The silence was a blanket smothering the room.
silence + blanket
That classroom is noisier than a NFL stadium on game day.
Neither - this is a hyperbole
Your viciousness is like a toy Chihuahua barking at me from a tiny purse.
Your cruelty is actually small and doesn't hurt.
This problem is just a storm inside a teacup.
The problem is small and contained.