Simile

Simile

A figure of speech which explicitly compares two distinct objects or concepts by the direct use of "like" or "as" (eg: "She is like a rose." and "Now the chimney was all of the house that stood, Like a pistil after the petals go."); derived from "similar", as a likeness. Compare metaphor; see rhetorical forms.

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simile

Printing & publishing; Publishing

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Literature; Literary terms

An explicit comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as'.

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