Simile

Simile

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

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simile

Printing & publishing; Publishing

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 ...

simile

Education; SAT vocabulary

A comparison which directs the mind to the representative object itself.

simile

Language; Public speaking

An explicit comparison, introduced with the word 'like' or 'as,' between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.

simile

Literature; Literary terms

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

simile

Literature; General literature

A common figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between two things by using words such as like, as, than, appears, and seems: "A sip of Mrs. Cook’s coffee is like a ...

simile

Literature; Poetry

A figure of speech in which an explicit comparison is made between two essentially unlike things, usually using like, as or than.

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die einbildungskraft

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argument

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applied criticism

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aside

Literature; Literary terms

In an aside a character expresses to the audience his or her thought or intention in a short speech which, by convention, is inaudible to the other characters on the stage. This ...

Augustan Age

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The original Augustan Age was the brilliant literary period of Virgil, Horace and Ovidunder the Roman emperor Augustus (27 BC-AD 14. In the eigtheenth century and later, however, ...

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