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1. Metaphors and Similes
Below are quotations from the passage from "The Lost World." For each one, decide if it is
a metaphor or a simile. Write an "M" in the blank if it is a metaphor and an "S" in the blank if
it is a simile. Then on the line below each one, rewrite the sentence or phrase without using a
metaphor of simile.
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"All was quiet as in a dream landscape."
"Silver clearings..."
"I stood like a man paralyzed..."
"It was of enormous size and power, like an erect elephant..."