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CAHSEE ELA 3.5 Fluency. Which of the following is an example of a simile?
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CAHSEE ELA 3.4 Fluency. Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?
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Here's a shmoop du jour for you and your... brain
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Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?
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And here are the potential answers...
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So... this question is about the turf battle between metaphor versus simile -- write this
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on your brain in indelible ink:
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Simile: LIKE or AS
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Metaphor: NO like or as
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Since A and B break the metaphor rule, we can cross them off immediately.
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D is... neither. It's just an idiom... we're not insulting it, we swear. An idiom is a
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turn of phrase... like "turn of phrase"... that is commonly used but doesn't really
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use a visual image to represent something else.
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So all that's left is C -- the test was a breeze. Breezes are... good. Smooth. Comforting.
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Easy.
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So when a test is a breeze, it's... a good thing.
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