Answer:
A simile is a comparison made to illustrate better a character or object. Similes usually have the word “as” to compare, for example: "as slow as a turtle". While a metaphor refers to the use of a word to represent something that works as a symbolism, for example: "Your eyes are two stars".
In “Maroo of the Winter Caves” many examples of similes and metaphors can be found. One example would be: “as fast as a cheetah”. The comparison made does not mean that the person is a cheetah but has the speed of one. One example of a metaphor is “Otak was a dark, moving blur” which means that Maroo’s brother, Otak, knows how to be unnoticed. It does not literary mean that her brother was a moving blur.
