Metaphor and Simile

rogersgeorge on May 14th, 2021

The humor is in whether the statements are metaphors or similes…

Frazz Comic Strip for December 29, 2003 — https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2003/12/29

I was lucky! The comic for the next day contains the needed definitions:

Frazz Comic Strip for December 30, 2003

the conversation continues…

Frazz Comic Strip for December 30, 2003

and more:

Frazz Comic Strip for January 01, 2004

As you can tell, Frazz is a pretty good comic for us English teachers. Go click the link below the first comic and read a few.

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