Figurative language

Question

Which of these sentences represents a simile?

Answer 1

Kisses are roses in the spring.

Answer 2

He is as funny as a monkey.

Answer 3

The sack fell into the river with a splash.

Answer 4

But a better butter makes a batter better.

Answer 5

His kisses are like roses.

Answer 6

I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

Answer 7

Look at my car. She is a beauty, isn’t she?

Answer 8

Shelley sells shells by the sea shore.

Answer 9

My mouth was as dry as a bone.

Answer 10

The wind whispered through dry grass.

Answer 11

You could've knocked me over with a feather.

Answer 12

Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better.

Answer 13

The sheep went BAHHHH!

Answer 14

We're up, wide-eyed, and wondering while we wait for others to awaken.

Answer 15

Incorporating a red rose in your writing to symbolize love.

Answer 16

Watching that movie was like watching grass grow.

Answer 17

The sky was full of dancing stars.

Answer 18

Foolish wisdom

Answer 19

The tall girl stood out like a sore thumb.

Answer 20

You are my sunshine.

Answer 21

She is as heavy as an elephant!

Answer 22

It was as easy as shooting fish in a barrel.

Answer 23

It's a slow burg. I spent a couple of weeks there one day.

Answer 24

The vines wove their delicate fingers together.

Answer 25

Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her.

Answer 26

She's so dumb, she thinks Taco Bell is a Mexican phone company.

Answer 27

Time is money.

Answer 28

Incorporating the colour black in your writing as a symbol for evil or death.

Answer 29

If we play our cards right, we may be able to find out when those whales are being released.

Answer 30

America is a melting pot.

Answer 31

I had to walk 15 miles to school in the snow, uphill, in bare feet.

Answer 32

My mouth was as dry as a bone.

Answer 33

You could've knocked me over with a feather.

Answer 34

The girl ran her hands on a soft satin fabric.

Answer 35

Using a chalkboard to represent education.

Answer 36

They fought like cats and dogs.

Answer 37

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Answer 38

A big bully beats a baby boy.

Answer 39

I went home and made the biggest sandwich of all time.

Answer 40

If seen from above the factory, the workers would have looked like clock parts.

Answer 41

I'm a big fan of whiteboards. I find them quite re-markable.

Answer 42

She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show.

Answer 43

The buses can be impatient around here.

Answer 44

My dad is always working.

Answer 45

Kisses are the flowers of love in bloom.

Answer 46

I have to have this operation. It isn’t very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain.

Answer 47

The sorry engine wheezed its death cough.

Answer 48

Charlie gazed hopelessly at the endless pile of bills stretching across the counter.

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