a) The acids that cause decay are bacterial waste products. The bacteria that cause cavities are living organisms. And just like all living things they consume food and in return create waste products. As it happens, the wastes that these types of bacteria create are very acidic (they have a pH of 4 and lower).
Metaphor Examples. A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things not using the word âlikeâ or âasâ to make the comparison. Metaphors can be powerful, but they can also be tricky to identify at times. This page contains 100 metaphor examples. I have separated the metaphors on this page into two lists. The first list contains metaphors that are easier to comprehend and identify.
Metaphors. This KS2 English quiz will test you on metaphors. A metaphor is a figure of speech. In his poem 'Timothy Winters', the poet Charles Causley describes a boy with 'ears like bombs', 'teeth like splinters' and 'eyes as wide as a football pool'. metaphor explains that a thing or person IS something else, rather than like something else. 1  The cat slipped through the grass like a stealthy tiger. 2  The cat was a stealthy tiger, slipping through the long grass. 3  The cat was as stealthy as a tiger. 4  The cat slipped through the grass as stealthily as a tiger.