Figurative Language in My Sister's Keeper

Simile: Figure of speech when someone or something is compared to something else using "as" or "like"

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/simile

Metaphor: Figure of speech, like a simile, but doesn't use "as" or "like", but uses "is"

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/metaphor

5 Similes:

#1: "Vern's face is like a soufflé..." (P.50)

#2: "They come in like a hurricane.." (P.53)

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5 Metaphors:

#1: "...I am her eyes and ears." (P.49)

#2: "... My cheeks are on fire..." (P.52)

#3: "My fathers voice is an ax." (P.54)

#4: "Brian and I watch the doctors hover over Kate's feverish body, bees over a field of flowers." (P. 69)

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