Question

Which line from "I Am Offering this Poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca is an example of simile? A. When winter comes to cover you B. Keep it like a warm coat C. I am offering this poem to you, D. Since I have nothing else to give

Answer 1

The answer is B. Keep it like a warm coat. A tip when finding similes is to look for phrases such as “like” or “as”, it almost always signals that there is a simile. Since “like” is in the phrase “Keep it like a warm coat”, we can say that it is a simile. As a reference, metaphors do not use key words like “like” and “as”, but compare something to a not humanlike object.