what is a similie?

Answer 1

American Heritage® Dictionary: Description of simile
NOUN: 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).
Additional references: Columbia Encyclopedia

busy as a bee, clear as a bell, cold as ice, cute as a button, dry as a bone, dead as a doornail, dumb as a post, easy as pie,
fast as greased lightning, fine as a fox, fit as a fiddle,free as a bird, happy as a clam, high as a kite, larger than life,
light as a feather, mad as hell, plain as day, proud as a peacock
as loyal as a dog, quick as a wink, quiet as a mouse, right as rain, , sharp as a tack, sick as a dog, smooth as silk,
snug as a bug in a rug, solid as a rock, sure as eggs, tough as nails, white as snow, working like a dog, hot as the sun
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Hope this helps.

Answer 2

A simile is a figure of speech in which the subject is compared to another subject. Frequently, similes are marked by use of the words like or as or so. "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. A few other examples are "The deer ran like the wind", "The raindrops sounded as popcorn kernels popping", and "the lullaby was like the hush of the winter."

Similes are composed of two parts: comparandum, the thing to be compared, and the comparatum, the thing to which the comparison is made. For example in the simile "The snow was like a blanket", "the snow" is the comparandum while "a blanket" is the comparatum.

The phrase "The snow was a blanket over the earth" is the metaphor in this case. Metaphors differ from similies in that the two objects are not compared, but treated as identical, "We are but a moment's sunlight, fading in the grass." Note: Some would argue that a simile is actually a specific type of metaphor.

There are countless examples of similies used in everyday speech. Below is a list of examples, but not by any means an exhaustive account, as there are too many examples to list.




busy as a bee
clear as a bell
cold as ice
cute as a button
dry as a bone
dead as a doornail
dumb as a post
easy as pie
fast as greased lightning
fine as a fox
fit as a fiddle
free as a bird
happy as a clam
high as a kite
larger than life
light as a feather
mad as hell
plain as day
proud as a peacock
as loyal as a dog
quick as a wink
quiet as a mouse
right as rain
sharp as a tack
sick as a dog
smooth as silk
snug as a bug in a rug
solid as a rock
sure as eggs
tough as nails
white as snow
working like a dog
hot as the sun

Answer 3

A simile is a figure of speech in which the subject is compared to another subject. Frequently, similes are marked by use of the words like or as or so. "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. A few other examples are "The deer ran like the wind", "The raindrops sounded as popcorn kernels popping", and "the lullaby was like the hush of the winter."

Similes are composed of two parts: comparandum, the thing to be compared, and the comparatum, the thing to which the comparison is made. For example in the simile "The snow was like a blanket", "the snow" is the comparandum while "a blanket" is the comparatum.

Answer 4

Did you mean simile (you got me wondering how to spell it now! lol) as in the grammatical sense? If so...

It is when you compare two things either using 'like' or as.....as. For example,the clouds were LIKE cotton wool. The clouds were AS fluffy AS cotton wool. Can be used in all sorts of ways, often in descriptive writing to add detail and atmosphere. (eg, the gnarled hand was as cold as ice) etc.

(Just for info, a simile turns into a metaphor when you lose the comparison and just describe something as if it were like that. Eg, The cotton wool clouds floated along on the breeze. The clouds arent realy cotton wool but it creates an affect. Again used to create detail, effect, atmosphere. )

Hope that helps!!

Answer 5

Do you mean Similie as in Literacy or Smilie as in emoticon

Answer 6

when someone is saying something fun and you similie

Answer 7

A simile is a grammatical term for something that is described as being similar to something else. For example, 'her hair was like gold' or 'he ran like the wind'.

Answer 8

A comparison of an object using "like" or "as". Example:

His car is like a rocket ship, the way it accelerates off the line.

Answer 9

I think you mean simile. Having got a degree in languages here goes.

"As big as a bus".

A simile, as above, is a direct comparison. Most likely you will find "as" or "like " in there.

Answer 10

A comparison between two objects, with the words "like" or "as" to link them.