1) Which of the following are similes? a) Her mother was a raging rhinoceros b) The floor was as slippery as ice. c) Fifty children galloped through the atrium d) His jacket was baggy, like a clown's costume. 2) Which of these are metaphors? a) He went pale, as if he had seen a ghost. b) Mr Gadsby is a ghost gliding through the corridors 3) Which of these combine similes and metaphors? a) Squirming like an insect, the boy cried buckets as he tried to escape from the quicksand. b) He was as tall as a giant and weighed more than a baby whale. c) She ate a mountain of cakes and drank a lake of coffee.

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