2006-12-05 15:35:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
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).
2006-12-05 15:43:41 · answer #1 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a similie is a phrase used to compare two things together using the words like and as.
2006-12-05 16:26:21 · answer #2 · answered by bella 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A simile is an expression that describes a quality of something by comparing it to something else. "as thin as a rake" "as proud as a peacock"
2006-12-05 16:18:53 · answer #3 · answered by calvin o 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A comparison of to unalike things using 'like' or 'as'
2006-12-05 16:28:17 · answer #4 · answered by Snap J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a comparison that uses "like" or "as"
examples> he sings like a bird or her eyes are as bright as the sun.
2006-12-05 15:42:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it is make the thing more serious and serious kuah??
2006-12-05 15:39:18 · answer #6 · answered by ooi9912 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋