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Similes and Metaphors

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  • Fear fell from us like steel armor
    Fear and armor - Simile
  • What two things are being compared? My mind is a muddle in the street reflecting green.
    The speaker is comparing his mind to a puddle - Metaphor
  • The night is as cold as a sharp sword
    Cold and sword - Simile
  • Children are the most beautiful flowers of all
    Children and flowers - Metaphor
  • The musicians spun great webs of sound
    Webs and sound - Metaphor
  • Her voice was like water bubbling from a silver jar
    Voice and water - Simile
  • There I waited, crouched behind my pointed wall of words
    Wall and words - Metaphor
  • A hundred miles of landscape spread before me like a fan
    Landscape and a fan - Simile
  • What two things are being compared? The faces at the street crossings shine like a row of eggs on a pantry shelf.
    The speaker is comparing the faces at the street to a row of eggs - Simile
  • We were crushed by the hammer of sunlight
    Hammer and sunlight - Metaphor
  • What two things are being compared? He overwhelmed the boxer with avalanches of punches.
    Avalanches and punches - Metaphor
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