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A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things through some connective, usually "like," "as," "than," or a verb such as "resembles."[ 1 ] metaphor in that the latter compares two unlike things by saying that the one thing is [ 2 ]
[edit ] In literature
"Curley was flopping like a fish on a line."[ 3 ]
"The very mist on the Essex marshes was like a gauzy and radiant fabric."[ 4 ]
"Why, man, they both bestride the narrow world like a Colossus."[ 5 ]
"But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile." Charles Dickens, in the opening to A Christmas Carol .
[edit ] Using 'like'
A simile can explicitly provide the basis of a comparison or leave this basis implicit. In the implicit case the simile leaves the audience to determine for themselves which features of the target are being predicated. It may be a type of sentence that uses 'as' or 'like' to connect the words being compared.
She is like a candy so sweet.
He is like a refiner's fire.
Her eyes twinkled like stars.
He fights like a lion.
He runs like a cheetah.
She is fragrant like a rose.
Gareth is like a lion when he gets angry.
[edit ] Using 'as'
The use of 'as' makes the simile more explicit.
She walks as gracefully as a cat.
He was as hungry as a lion.
He was as mean as a bull.
That spider was as fat as an elephant.
Cute as a kitten.
As busy as a bee.
As snug as a bug in a rug.
[edit ] Without 'like' or 'as'
Sometimes similes are submerged, used without using comparative words ('Like' or 'As'). [ 6 ]
[edit ] See also
[edit ] References
^ Kennedy, X. J., and Dana Gioia. An Introduction To Poetry. 13th ed. Longman Pub Group, 2007. Pg 594.
^ Merriam Webster
^ Steinbeck, John (1937), Of Mice and Men Sprangler , ISBN 0-14-017739-6
^ Conrad, Joseph (1902), [[Heart of Darkness]] Blackwood's Magazine
^ Shakespeare, William (1623), Julius Caesar
^ A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
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