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    The document contains 7 examples of figures of speech and asks the reader to identify whether each example uses a simile, metaphor, or neither. The examples include common similes such as "busy as a beaver" and "nervous as a mouse" as well as metaphors like "words were crystal clear" and descriptions of a baby acting like an octopus and pillow feeling like a cloud.

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    The document contains 7 examples of figures of speech and asks the reader to identify whether each example uses a simile, metaphor, or neither. The examples include common similes such as "busy as a beaver" and "nervous as a mouse" as well as metaphors like "words were crystal clear" and descriptions of a baby acting like an octopus and pillow feeling like a cloud.

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    English Homework .Odt

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    Akshath Reddy
    The document contains 7 examples of figures of speech and asks the reader to identify whether each example uses a simile, metaphor, or neither. The examples include common similes such as "busy as a beaver" and "nervous as a mouse" as well as metaphors like "words were crystal clear" and descriptions of a baby acting like an octopus and pillow feeling like a cloud.

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    1) The simile, " He's busy as a beaver," means

    He became a beaver
    He's extremely busy
    He's lazy
    He's not very busy

    2) The metaphor, "The boss' words were crystal clear" means


    It's obvious what the boss meant
    The boss wanted someone to buy him/her clear crystal
    What did the boss want?

    3) The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the
    shelves.
    Similie
    Metaphor
    Neither

    4) As the teacher entered the room, she muttered under her breath,
    "This class is like a three-ring circus."
    Similie
    Metaphor
    Neither

    5) The giant's steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.


    Similie
    Metaphor
    Neither

    6) The pillow was a cloud when I put my head on it after a long day.
    Similie
    Metaphor
    Neither

    7) The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog's bath.
    Similie
    Metaphor
    Neither

    8) Ted was as nervous as a mouse in a room full of cats.


    Similie
    Metaphor
    Neither

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