Simile or Metaphor

Simile or Metaphor

Say whatever it is a simile or a metaphor in each of the following sentences.

1. He dropped like a stone when the forward ran into him. Simile
2. “You silly old fox, Terry”  - Metaphor
3. My feet feel like leed. - Simile
4. He laughed like a hyena - Metaphor
5. The tent was a sky of green - metaphor
6. He broke my heart - Metaphor
7. Mum is as soft as butter - Simile
8. This is as old as the hills - Simile
9. John was a lion on the field - Metaphor

Metaphor or not?

Remember, literal language means exactly what it says but a metaphor could not be strictly true. In the following pairs of sentences, one is literal while the other sentence is a metaphor and contains a metaphor. Say which one in each pair is metaphorical.

For example :            

My life is hanging by a thread, Metaphorical.

1. We wrung a confession from the thief _Metaphorical____

                We wrung the dash cloth and hung it up to dry _metaphor_____

       b.     At the Olympics there is a flaming torch _Metaphor_____

                 He was in a flaming temper _Metaphorical _____

       c. The cat crept up on the birds _Metaphor___

               The minutes crept by slowly _Metaphor_____

       d. It rained steedly last night __Metaphor____

        Blows were rained on him by his opponent _Metaphor___

      e. The problem bristles with difficulty _Metaphorical ___

    The bristles on my toothbrush are worn _Metaphorical___

   f. The forward  ploughed through the opposing players _Metaphorical___

        The farmer ploughed the field _Metaphor___

  g. The rest of the class poked fun at her hair _Metahpor___

      I poked the fire to get it going _Metaphorical____

   h. We were wrestling with our homework _Metahpor__

       In the wrestling bout the champion floored his opponent _Metaphor___

   i. The cat dragged the chicken off the bench _Metaphorical___

      It was a drag having to get up in the morning _Metahpor___