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Is this a metaphor or a simile? "I am happy as a clam."

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Answer:

Simile

Step-by-step explanation:

Simile meaning is using or a comparsing of the words like or as in a sentence.

Metaphor meaning is without using like or as in a sentence.

In the sentence "I am happy as a clam."

The word as simile.

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Answer: Simile

Definition of a simile: "a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (as brave as a lion, sly as fox, a heart of gold)."

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