What is the difference between Simile and Metaphor?

 What is the difference between Simile and Metaphor?

 

Did you know this term Room one learnt what a simile is?

Yes, this term Room one learnt what the difference between simile and metaphor is.

A simile is kind of like a metaphor, where you compare something with something else. The difference with a simile and a metaphor is that similes have the word “as” or “like” and a metaphor doesn't have “as” or “like” in them.

For example these are metaphors:

Her heart is gold

He is a pig

They are best friends

These are similes:

Her heart is like gold

He eats like a pig

They are like best friends.

Now do you see the difference?

The thing I've noticed is that the difference is just by two words.

Skipping

skipping

WHIP! OUCH Lily can you help here? I think that I whipped my foot. 

Now that's what hurts in skipping.

This term Room 1 is learning how to skip. We are trying to become fit to

enjoy running for cross country.

This is how we do it:

We all have a buddy and my buddy is called Lily. We get a white board

and a skipping rope. Lily and I normally use a yellow handle but

unfortunately we have lost tons of yellow handles so we have to use a

green handle rope sometimes. Green handles are short and lily and I are

too tall.

How do I feel about skipping?:

I think skipping is very fun. At the start of the term I did not know

how to skip but now I have great progress in skipping. 

Now that I know to skip I think I will finally enjoy running and I will

continue to become more fit.