* Prepositional phrases start with a preposition (e.g., in, on, at, like, by, with) and end with a noun or pronoun (the object of the preposition).
* "Like" in this case is acting as an adjective, comparing something to mice.
Example:
* "The cat moved like mice"
* "Like" is an adjective modifying "moved."
* "mice" is the noun being compared to.
Here's how it could be a prepositional phrase:
* "He walked in like a mouse"
* "in" is the preposition.
* "like a mouse" is the prepositional phrase, with "like" acting as a preposition and "a mouse" being the object of the preposition.
Let me know if you have other examples you'd like to analyze!