2006-10-11 08:55:49 · 18 answers · asked by kevin c 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
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).
A comparison using the words like or as
2006-10-11 08:57:47 · answer #1 · answered by TheLastPrincess 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He ran like a chetah on the way to an antelope roast.
Her singing was pure and sweet like the taste of
mountain spring water.
He barreled down the stairs like a grizzly just out of hibernation.
She stood in her wedding gown looking like an angel in a snowfield.
I'm cranking out similes like a xerox machine with no stop switch.
2006-10-11 16:05:33 · answer #2 · answered by True Blue 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sun looked like a big peach in the sky.
The key word is "like". The difference between a simile and a metaphor is that the metaphor would say "The sun was a big peach in the sky."
Another one: His smile lit up the room like 4th of July.
2006-10-11 15:59:22 · answer #3 · answered by Nunya 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a simile is a phrase (actually a comparison) using like or as... example
Her eyes were as blue as the ocean
actually to the person above me if you say Men ARE dogs it is a metaphor.. a metaphor is stating something is something else like saying you are such a pig... metaphor if you said you are as ugly as a pig then its a simile
an oxymoron is a contradictory statement like when you say slow speed, pretty ugly, original copy etc
2006-10-11 16:14:09 · answer #4 · answered by Kim2006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember an english teacher saying that the best way to remember similes is by thinking as-simi-like. Any comparison with "as *something* as" or "like" is a simile.
crazy like a fox
as exciting as watching paint dry
2006-10-11 16:00:15 · answer #5 · answered by Carlo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is one you compare one thing to another using the word "like" or "as" in between the thing you are comparing and the thing you are comparing it to.
Examples:
Cute as a button.
Hard as nails.
Busy as a bee.
Smooth like chocolate.
2006-10-11 16:02:57 · answer #6 · answered by J.Z. 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
anything which uses the word "like" or "as" in a comparison is called a simile.
e.g. The boy swam like a dolphin.
e.g. He was as scary as a beast.
2006-10-11 15:59:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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
2006-10-11 15:58:40 · answer #8 · answered by trigam41 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
to find a similie ; usually the sentence will have the words ( like , as) ; ex. she swam like a dolphin; its comparing something to something else.( see definition)
2006-10-11 15:59:09 · answer #9 · answered by jsmnklly 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
my head is in so much pain, it is like the beating drum of a platoon at war!
2006-10-11 15:59:02 · answer #10 · answered by aziz m 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋