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What is the following sentence an example of?
My sister's room is a pig pen.

Asked by Marley, Last updated: Apr 18, 2024

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Abby Glancy

Abby Glancy

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Abby Glancy

Answered Apr 28, 2020

Metaphor! It isn't using like or as!!!

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John Adney

John Adney

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John Adney

Answered Dec 06, 2017

Simile because it says my sisters room is a pig pen which is a simile

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Kelly

Kelly

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Kelly

Answered Nov 20, 2017

This is a metaphor, not a simile. Similes use "like" or "as" in the comparison, and since this statement reads, "My sister's room is a pig pen," which uses neither like nor as in the comparative statement, it isa metaphor.

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John Smith

John Smith

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John Smith

Answered Jan 13, 2017

Simile
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