Simile
Definition:
Similes are one of the most commonly used literary devices; referring to the practice of drawing parallels or comparisons between two unrelated and dissimilar things, people, beings, places and concepts. By using similes a greater degree of meaning and understanding is attached to an otherwise simple sentence. The reader is able to better understand the sentiment the author wishes to convey. Similes are marked by the use of the words ‘as’ or ‘such as’ or ‘like’.
Example:
He is like a mouse in front of the teacher.
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Can someone give me a simile using conformity?
Happy as a honey bee not hapy
hapy as a honey bee
is that a simile
another shower of paper cylinders has covered the desk like a snowdrift.. Is that a similie?
I often get confused with the difference between a simile and a metaphor, so my teacher taught us a helpful trick to remember what a simile is.
I am a simile, look at my as.
This doesn't exactly describe what it is, but it is a helpful little trick.
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im not totally sure but is this a simile..."The previous reciever seemed just as old to me as i do to you. He was just as tired as i am today." Please help.
No, that is not a smilie.
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is "As the crow flies" considered a simile or a idiom? Or both?
If it means the "while" form of "as" then it is not a simile (e.g. He is sleeping as/while the crow flies.)
If it is a comparisons, then it is a simile (e.g. He sleeps as well as the crow flies.)
both
“We were conducted immediately to the merchants’ yard, where we were all pent up together like so many sheep in a fold, without regard to sex or age”
Yes, because "where we were all pent up together" is being compare to "sheep in a fold"
it means a simile is figure of speech that uses like or as
i think so
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More examples are "as happy as a lark" , "as cool as a cucumber" etc
yes, the "you lie" song lyrics are similes.
If anyone has heard the song "You Lie" by The Band Perry, are the choruses similes?
"You lie like a priceless Persian rug on a rich man's floor"
"You lie like a coon dog basking in the sunshine on my porch"
"You lie like a penny in a parking lot at the grocery store"
"You lie like the man with the slick back hair who sold me that Ford"
"You lie like the pine tree in the back yard after last month's storm"
Are those considered similes?
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YES. THEY ARE SIMILIES BECAUSE THEY ARE COMPARING THE PRONOUN "YOU" WITH OTHER THINGS
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