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Similes and Metaphors

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The shingles on the shack shook in the storm winds like scared children.

Simile

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When he reached the top of the hill, he felt as strong as a steel gate.

Simile

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When the tree branch broke, Millie fell from the limb like a robin’s egg.

Simile

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She swam through the waters like she was falling through a warm dream.

Simile

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They children ran like ripples through water.

Simile

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Mikhail scattered his pocket change in front of the beggars like crumbs of bread.

Simile

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Her hair was as soft as a spider web.

Simile

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Each dollar bill was a like a magic wand to cast away problems.

Simile

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The man held the blanket like a memory.

Simile

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He wanted to set sail on the ocean of love but he just wasted away in the desert.

Metaphor

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I was lost in a sea of nameless faces.

Metaphor

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The cast on Michael’s broken leg was a plaster shackle.

Metaphor

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Cameron always had a taste for the fruit of knowledge.

Metaphor

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The promise between us was a delicate flower.

Metaphor

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He’s a rolling stone, and it’s bred in the bone.

Metaphor

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He pleaded for her forgiveness but Janet’s heart was cold iron.

Metaphor

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