Skin like milk, hair of silk : what are similes and metaphors? (Words are categorical)

Series: Words are categorical

• A mink, a fink, a skating rink: what is a noun?

• Hairy, scary, ordinary: what is an adjective?

• To root, to toot, to parachute: what is a verb?

• Under, over, by the clover: what is a preposition?

• Dearly, nearly, insincerely: what is an adverb?

• I and you and don't forget who: what is a pronoun?

• How much can a bare bear bear?: what are homonyms and homophones?

• Pitch and throw, grasp and know: what is a synonym?

• A lime, a mime, a pool of slime: more about nouns

• Stop and go, yes and no: what is an antonym?

• Quirky, jerky, extra-perky: more about adjectives

• Slide and slurp, scratch and burp: more about verbs

• Lazily, crazily, just a bit nasally: more about adverbs

• Stroll and walk, babble and talk: more about synonyms

• Skin like milk, hair of silk: what are similes and metaphors?

• Straight and curvy, meek and nervy: more about antonyms

• But and for, yet and nor: what is a conjunction?

• Cool! and whoa! ah! and oh!: what is an interjection?

• I'm and won't, they're and don't: what's a contraction?

• Thumbtacks, earwax, lipstick, dipstick: what is a compound word?

• Feet and puppies, thieves and guppies: what are irregular plurals?

• Madam and nun and 1001: what is a palindrome?

• Breezier, cheesier, newest, and bluest: what are comparatives and superlatives?

• Pre- and re-, mis- and dis-: what is a prefix?

• A bat cannot bat, a stair cannot stare: more about homonyms and homophones

• -Ful and -Less, -Er and -Ness: what is a suffix?

• Chips and cheese and Nana's knees: what is alliteration?