Place a check mark next to each item which gives an example of the figure of speech known as a simile. leave all other items unchecked. from the air at night, the ship looked like a lighted birthday cake. since he was a slippery snake, the man always managed to slither out of trouble. the week my grandparents came to visit, everyone in our family was busy as a bee. let us go then, you and i. the fact that he was going to kill me made me feel slightly uncomfortable. when they told me i had made the team, i was as happy as a clam. after a year of missed opportunities, a stench of failure followed me wherever i went.