Underline the figures of speech in each paragraph. Indicate the two things or people being compared. Then, identify if the expression is a simile or metaphor. Write your answers on the line. The first one is done for you. (10 pts.)
1. The water was filling the avenues...; the populace had come out swimming like delighted frogs. People in vehicles looked like cocoons peeping out of their thick wraps like solemn pupae.
_The populace is compared to frogs.
– simile
_People are compared to pupae/cocoons.
-simile
2.So, like a man in chains,I knocked away with hammer and nail,inserted a wire through the hole, waited for Nardo to make his insignificant loop, tugged and tied the wire to a rafter.
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3. The wind huffed and squalled that night and the house rocked like a boat. The fence came down like a falling meteorite, and I lay awake expecting the ropes to snap any moment and send the crate toppling over.
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2.So, like a man in chains, I knocked away with hammer and nail,inserted a wire through the hole, waited for Nardo to make his insignificant loop, tugged and tied the wire to a rafter
I am compared to man in chains - simile
I am compared to hammer and nail - metaphor
3. The wind huffed and squalled that night and the house rocked like a boat. The fence came down like a falling meteorite, and I lay awake expecting the ropes to snap any moment and send the crate toppling over.
The house is compared to a boat
- simile
The fence is compared to a falling meteorite
- simile