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He ran as fast as lightning
as fast as lightning or as fast as light
An example of a simile is, 'The girl was slow as molasses.'
As fast as lightning.
It is a simile, they use like or as. Like many similes, you could convert it to a metaphor: "In the ring, his hands became bolts of lightning."
cheetah
I can finish my homework! (pretty slow)
as fast as a cheetah running from extinction
Hyperbole: My backpack weighs a ton of bricks. Simile: She runs as fast as a cheetah. Metaphor: His heart is a lion, fierce and wild. Personification: The wind whispered through the trees.
The Answer is on page 218 it says he can run as fast as lightning
There are two usual similes, one animal, one object:As swift as an eagleAs swift as an arrow*The corresponding simile, even more extreme, is as fast as lightning.
he ran as fast as a cheetah << everyone knows thatt -- a better one may be he/she is as quick as lightning OR he/she is as fast as a bullet