Read the following sentences. Then write “S” for “Simile” or “M” for Metaphor next to each sentence:

1. _____ He was as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.

2. _____ My bed is my magic carpet to dreamland.

3. _____ He ran the mile like a gazelle on the plains.

4. _____ The lessons of our lives are forged in the links of lasting memories.

5. _____ The dawning of a new day is like a blank page in a diary.