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Similes exercise: understand comparisons in context

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A simile is a comparison that helps you imagine a quality. It commonly uses like or as. In The suitcase was as heavy as a rock, the suitcase is not a rock; the comparison suggests that it was very heavy.

The old floorboard creaked like a tired door.
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