Simile OR Metaphor

[lame54]

[immoderate]

1. Metaphor

"Like" is the tip-off.

--imm

On edit: You weren't really asking, were you?

[LeftofObama]

2. Simile

since it uses the word "like".

Metaphors don't use the words like or as.

[immoderate]

4. Whoops! I got it mixed up!

You are right as rain!

--imm

[LeftofObama]

6. No problem.

I had to go to dictionary.com to make sure I got it right. I remember in school when I always got the two confused.

[randome]

7. 'Simile' is similar to 'similar', which is similar to 'like'. That's how I keep them straight.

[MountainMazza]

3. Simile

....because it uses like or as

[JaneyVee]

5. A simile is a metaphor, but not all metaphors are similes.

[aletier_v]

8. I thought it was a homily

[TroglodyteScholar]

9. Simile

Simile uses "like" or "as":
Paul Ryan's words were like a vile stream of excrement spewing forth from the diseased bowel of a sick animal.

Metaphor just equates one thing with another symbolically:
Paul Ryan's actions were a slap in the face to charities and the people they help.

[lame54]

10. good examples