2006-07-04 04:53:41 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Do you mean Simile...
sim·i·le (sm-l)
n.
A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as, as in "How like the winter hath my absence been" or "So are you to my thoughts as food to life" (Shakespeare).
2006-07-04 04:57:08 · answer #1 · answered by Bog woppit. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A simile is a figure of speech in which the subject is compared to another subject, for example, "as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs". Frequently, similes are marked by use of the words like or as, "The snow was like a blanket". However, "The snow blanketed the earth" is also a simile and not a metaphor because the verb blanketed is a shortened form, of the phrase covered like a blanket.
The phrase "The snow was a blanket over the earth" is the metaphor in this case. Metaphors differ from similes in that the two objects are not compared, but treated as identical, "We are but a moment's sunlight, fading in the grass."
2006-07-04 05:02:50 · answer #2 · answered by coogle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A simile is is a comparison of two not normally similar things. The word "like" or "as" is used to draw the comparison. It is used to illustrate a particular quality of the first subject by referring to a well known or assumed quality of the second subject.
Her smile was like a breath of fresh air.
You're saying that her smile made you feel as good as you do when you take a deep breath of fresh, clean air - only you're saying it with fewer words.
That answer was as helpful as screen doors on a submarine.
Since screen doors wouldn't do any good whatsoever on a submarine, you're saying that the answer was not helpful at all.
A simile is a very common language tool - and they can be a lot of fun.
2006-07-04 05:07:23 · answer #3 · answered by Radical Geezer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A simile is a comparison using the words "like" or "as." Example: The moon is AS bright AS a shiny coin in the sky. The moon is LIKE a shiny coin in the sky. A metaphor is a comparison that calls the object being compared the thing it is comparing it to. Example: The moon is a shiny coin in the sky. I hope this helps. I taught this for at least six years.
2006-07-04 05:07:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A simile (pronounced as you wrote "simily") is a literary device in which you compare to things using "like" or "as": "His smile was as bright as a flash of lightning." or "The problem was like a lead weight tied to her back."
2006-07-04 04:57:52 · answer #5 · answered by surlygurl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A comparison using like or as. She's happy as a. . .The wait in the hospital room felt like. . .There are a few cliches: green as grass, yada, yada, yada, but if you read a lot you'll know what the cliched ones are and how to avoid them.
2006-07-04 08:05:00 · answer #6 · answered by Opinion Girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A comparison using like or as.
2006-07-04 04:57:55 · answer #7 · answered by Leif B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sentence or analogy that contains the words "like" or "as".
Sly as a fox
Dumb as a doorknob
Blind as a bat
2006-07-04 04:57:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is spelled "simile" and is just a comparison. "The playground is like a jungle," or "Your eyes are like deep blue pools" are two examples. It always uses the words "like" or "as"; that's how you can identify one.
2006-07-04 04:59:17 · answer #9 · answered by Charlotte W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a comparison using like or as
For example: The pile was as high as a skyscraper.
OR
The flag shone like a beacon in the sky.
2006-07-04 04:57:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋