GCSE English Practice Test: Similes - Figurative Language Using The Word Like Or As — Flashcards | GCSE English | FatSkills

GCSE English Practice Test: Similes - Figurative Language Using The Word Like Or As — Flashcards

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Like metaphors, similes are examples of figurative language. A simile explicitly compares one thing to something else, often naming the quality which makes the two separate things alike (i.e. 'She is as fierce as a tiger').

The key words which you will find in similes are 'as' and 'like'.

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Which of the following lines from W.E. Henley's poem, 'Invictus', includes a simile?
Black as the pit from pole to pole
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