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  • Her smile was as sweet as sunshine on a rainy day.
    simile
  • Compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
    metaphor
  • The moon played hide and seek with the clouds
    personification
  • Comparing two things using LIKE or AS in the comparison
    simile
  • Their house is as cold as ice
    simile
  • The sun smiled down on the green meadow
    personification
  • The wind howled all night long and I wasn't able to sleep
    personification
  • The woman gave a huge donation because she had a heart of gold.
    metaphor
  • She hadn't eaten breakfast and was hungry as a lion
    simile
  • The snow was a soft, white blanket covering the ground
    metaphor
  • The school computers are dinosaurs
    metaphhor
  • The stormy ocean was a raging bull
    metaphor
  • Giving non human object a human qualities
    personification
  • The raindrops danced along the window pane.
    personification
  • The unmoving lake was as still as glass
    simile
  • The woman gave a huge donation because she had a heart of gold.
    metaphor
  • Ms. Farmer's hot chocolate was as creamy as chocolate pudding
    simile
  • Careful! The stick is sharp as a razor
    simile
  • Giving human characteristics to an object or idea
    personification
  • The last cupcake was calling my name
    personification
  • Compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
    metaphor
  • The wooden table was as solid as a rock.
    simile
  • The raindrops danced on the windowpane
    personification
  • The flowers nodded their heads in the wind
    personification
  • And then my heart with pleasure fills, / And dances with the daffodils.
    personification
  • She won't jump off the diving board into the pool. She's a chicken!
    metaphor
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