simile
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈsɪmɪli/
- Literature
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símil
- A simile compares two different things, like saying, 'Her smile is as bright as the sun.'
- use of simile
- metaphors and similes
- simile and analogy
It devises all kinds of transports through metaphors, similes, animorphoses, allegories and symbols.
- It devises all kinds of transports through metaphors, similes, animorphoses, allegories and symbols.
- And then she just stopped and I was like, oh, she just really loves a good simile to start a chapter.
- There are two important exceptions, you could say in the Meditations where these come through the the field of similes or or likenesses or images.
- Like all of the similes, you know, like the the shadows, the sharp shadows, shadows that could cut you.
- The long version doesn't need to be told, and I was told to not write poems about the heart a rhythmic mine, or to end them with similes.
- But mastery of what makes a great writer, mastery of simile, a mastery of metaphor.
- Not acronyms, but when they have similes.
- Poetic, very lots of images, metaphors, similes, all that kind of crap.
Examples
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A capacity for original and vivid production of simile and analogy is closely linked to this.
Academic text (1991) -
That's a very apt simile.
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"Can I use a simile, sir?"
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It's an extraordinary simile to explain.
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It's a simile, to be precise.
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Next, have students share why each simile and metaphor suits them.
Fiction book (1999) -
That wasn't a good simile.
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I want good, solid similes
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Fortunately, as Homer evidently knew, similes lie around everywhere waiting to be discovered.
Academic text (2008) -
But mastery of what makes a great writer, mastery of simile, a mastery of metaphor.
Synonyms
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4.9
A comparison of two things that shows how they are similar to help explain something
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5.3
Comparing two things to show how they are similar
A way of comparing unlike things in writing using similes or metaphors
How Figurative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Simile comes from the Latin word similis, which means 'like', and it is related to similar. So a simile compares one thing to another using 'like' or 'as', which fits the original idea of 'like'.