Question

identifying figurative language

identify metaphors and similes by moving each highlighted phrase into the correct box.

i ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive

i say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out,

or walk inside the poems room and feel the walls for a light switch.

Explanation:

Analyze the comparison using "like" or "as"

The phrase "like a color slide" compares holding a poem up to the light to holding a color slide up to the light, explicitly using the comparative word "like."

Analyze direct comparisons without "like" or "as"

The phrases "its hive," "a mouse," "poem's room," and "the walls" represent direct, implicit comparisons where the poem or its parts are spoken of as if they literally are a hive, a room with walls, or an environment containing a mouse, without using "like" or "as."

Answer:

Metaphors	Similes