B. Read the following metaphors about the heavenly bodies taken from other countries.
On the table, list what is being compared in each metaphor. After convert the line into a
simile. Number 1 is done for your reference.
1. The moon is a white cat
That hunts the gray mice of the night. (Hungary)
2. Some say that the North star is a nail
On which the heavens are hung. (Lapland)
3. Once when the sky was very real,
The earth, a woman hoeing in her garden
Took off her necklace and hung it in the sky.
The stars are her silver necklace. (Hawaiian Islands)
4. The moon is a crystal ball filled with silver water,
And the dark patches you see on it are shadows
Of the fishes and turtles that live in the silver sea. (India)
1. The moon is a white cat.
The moon is like a white cat.
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