Simile-a figure of speech comparing two things using the words like or as
Metaphor- a figure of speech that uses something to replace something else to make an analogy
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1. They'd sob with sheer with sheer joy to find me, and whisk me of to our castle in Monaco or Romania and give me a maid that smelled like fresh sheets, and my own Bernese mountain dog, and my own phone line. (57) Simile
2. She has a Mahhukar catheter, which looks just like her central line used to look and protrudes from the same spot on her chest. (57) Simile
3. Vern's face is like a soufle, caving in at the most unexpected places. (59) Simile
4. Vern shuffles his feet and stuffs his hands in his jacket, like Napoleon.
5. A four hour surgery isn't exactly a walk in the park, either-you have a 1 in 3,000 chance of dying on the operating table. (59) Metaphor
6. When she is tied to the bed I am her eyes and ears.
7. My throat closes like the shutter of a camera.
8. The information is endless, a series of darts thrown so fast I can not feel them sting anymore. (74) Metaphor
9. I f you can focus on sandbagging the beachhead, you can ignore the tsunami that is approaching. (76) Metaphor
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