Answer the questions about this simile: "Ben swallowed the sandwiches like a snake."

What two things are being compared?

What are the important qualities of a snake in this metaphor?

What does this simile literally mean?

What two things are being compared?

Ben and a snake

What are the important qualities of a snake in this metaphor?

they swallow their food whole

What does this simile literally mean?

Ben ate the sandwiches very quickly

Ben and snake are the two things which are been compared in the above statement.

In the above metaphor, the quality to swallow is the important quality of the snake.

When two things are compared directly, the comparison is known as a smile. Usually, the comparison is made by using 'like' and 'as'. In the above sentence, the swallowing nature of the snake is being compared with the way Ben swallowed the sandwiches.