simile - A simile is a comparison between two different things, designed to create an unusual, interesting, emotional or other effect often using words such as 'like' or 'as'.
Metaphor - A metaphor is a word or phrase that describes one thing being used to describe another
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Similies in the book -
1.it smells like the sweaty tongue of a hockey skate. page 14
2.Where your whole life stretches out ahead of you like a forked road page 22
3. When you only have a hammer everything looks like a nail. page 22
4.Anger glows around this kid like electricity. page 21
5. 4. When you only have a hammer, everything looks like a nail
Metaphors in the book -
1. The room is a sea of dirty clothes and magazines and leftover Chinese take-out cartons. page 14
2. I imagine a great battle going on inside her. page 64
3. Her voice is a feather, a thread page 70
4. When she is tied to the bed, I am her eyes and ears. page 58
5. Shame is five-fingered. page 64
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