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Her brother is small like a grain of sand is this a simile or a metaphor
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Her brother is small like a grain of sand is this a simile or a metaphor

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I believe this is a simile because metaphors don't typically use the word like. If this were a metaphor it would read her brother is a small grain of sand or something along those lines
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Simile. The way to remember this is that smilies use like or as to compare things. A metaphor does not.
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