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Similes and metaphor flocabulary

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"words hung in the air like smoke" is a simile because similes have the words 'as' or 'like' in them. Metaphors do not have the words in them.

"computers in Mikaela's office are dinosaurs" is a metaphor, while "the printer is as slow as a sloth" is a simile.
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