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Similes, Metaphors, and Allusions - Wise Choices

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  • She felt like she had a golden ticket.
    Golden ticket - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • When the tree branch broke, Millie fell from the limb like a robin’s egg.
    Simile
  • The cast on Michael’s broken leg was a plaster shackle.
    Metaphor
  • Mikhail scattered his pocket change in front of the beggars like crumbs of bread.
    Simile
  • His smile is like kryptonite to me.
    Kryptonite - Superman's weakness
  • The man held the blanket like a memory.
    Simile
  • Katie’s plan to get into college was a house of cards on a crooked table.
    Metaphor
  • He pleaded for her forgiveness but Janet’s heart was cold iron.
    Metaphor
  • He’s a rolling stone, and it’s bred in the bone.
    Metaphor
  • I was lost in a sea of nameless faces.
    Metaphor
  • They children ran like ripples through water.
    Simile
  • The path of resentment is easier to travel than the road to forgiveness.
    Metaphor
  • When he reached the top of the hill, he felt as strong as a steel gate.
    Simile
  • If I'm not home by midnight, my car might turn into a pumpkin.
    Turn into a pumpkin - Cinderella
  • He wanted to set sail on the ocean of love but he just wasted away in the desert.
    Metaphor
  • My math teacher is he who must not be named.
    He who must not be named - Voldemort from Harry Potter
  • Her hair was as soft as a spider web.
    Simile
  • His job is like pulling a sword out of a stone
    Pulling a sword out of a stone - King Arthur
  • Cameron always had a taste for the fruit of knowledge.
    Metaphor
  • Is there an Einstein in your physics class?
    Einstein - Albert Einstein
  • Each dollar bill was a like a magic wand to cast away problems.
    Simile
  • The promise between us was a delicate flower.
    Metaphor
  • She smiles like a Cheshire cat.
    Cheshire cat - Alice in Wonderland
  • The shingles on the shack shook in the storm winds like scared children.
    Simile
  • She swam through the waters like she was falling through a warm dream.
    Simile