Explain the Simile
What is a simile?
A simile is when you compare two unrelated things, using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is when you compare two unrelated things, without using "like" or "as."
Tessa really liked Gregory, but he didn't feel the same.
Neither
Turn this sentence into a simile: His hands are cold.
Example Answers
His hands were like ice.
His hands were as cold as ice.
Touching his hands was like touching a glacier without any gloves on.
The truth was like a bad taste on his tongue.
He doesn't like the truth; it leaves him feeling bad.
The detective listened to her story with a wooden face.
The detective listened to her story with no expression. Maybe the detective doesn't believe her or is saving their judgement.
Neither
Turn this sentence into a simile: She is a very slow worker.
Example Answer
She is as slow as a sloth.
The cabin windows have grown blank as eyeballs of the dead.
The lights in the cabin have been turned off, so the windows are dark or "blank" like the eyes of dead people.
John’s answer to the problem was just a Band-Aid, not a solution.
John's answer to the problem is a temporary solution rather than a permanent fix. Eventually, the Band-Aid will peel off and John will have the same problem again.
She hung her head like a dying flower.
Simile
Turn this sentence into metaphor: He is a morning person.
Example Answer
He is an early bird.
The paparazzi circled the celebrity like vultures above a wobbling camel.
The paparazzi are surrounding the celebrity like vultures flying above/circling above a camel that is walking unsteadily.
OR
The paparazzi are surrounding the celebrity, waiting for them to make a mistake the same way vultures wait for animals to die so that they can eat them.
Waves of spam emails inundated his inbox.
Spam emails filled his inbox in waves.
OR
He kept receiving spam emails until his inbox was full of them.
Alan’s jokes were like flat soda to the children, surprisingly unpleasant.
Simile
Turn this sentence into a metaphor: The first rays of sunshine woke me up.
Example Answer
The first rays of sunshine gently stroked my face.
Like winged stars the fire-flies flash and glance,
Pale in the open moonshine.
The fireflies are like blinking stars in the night.
Men court not death when there are sweets still left in life to taste.
Men do not seek death (or fear it) when there is still a reason or many reasons to live.
The light flows into the bowl of the midnight sky, violet, amber and rose.
Metaphor
Is there a simile or metaphor in this excerpt? Why or why not?
"Why CANDLES?" objected Daisy, frowning. She snapped them out with her fingers. "In two weeks it'll be the longest day in the year." She looked at us all radiantly. "Do you always watch for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always watch for the longest day in the year and then miss it." -- The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald