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Similes
Similes are a specific and formulaic form of allegory. A simile is a juxtaposed comparison of two or more objects to draw attention to their similarities. In English, similes are typically marked by use of like or as or than or resembles. Similes show how two things, that are not alike in most ways, are similar in one important way. Similes are a way to describe something. Authors use them to make their writing more interesting or entertaining.
A popular mnemonic for a simile is that a simile is similar or alike.
Examples:
1. Playing chess with Ashley is like trying to outsmart a computer.
The activity playing chess with Ashley is being compared to trying to outsmart a computer. The point is that Ashley can think in a powerful manner that resembles the way a computer operates, not that she is like a computer in any other way.
2. His temper was as explosive as a volcano.
His temper is being compared to a volcano in that it can be sudden and violent.
Few more examples:
Walking onto those sun-warmed stones was like stepping onto a hot plate.
The cat, quick as lightning, pounced on the rat.
She's as dull as a doorknob.
Similes have been widely used in literature for their expressiveness as a figure of speech:
Curley was flopping like a fish on a line.
The very mist on the Essex marshes was like a gauzy and radiant fabric.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus.
Here is list of Similes beginning with F.
As fabulous as Aladdins ring
As faint as the hum of distant bees
As fair as the morning
As fair as the truth
As fair as the Eve in paradise
As faithful as the dog
As faithful as the sun
As faithful as the fair weather
As false as dice
As familiar as a oath
As familiar as a popular song
As far as the poles asunder
As fast as light
As fast as an eagle
As fast as a storm
As fat as a porpoise
As fat as a sheeps tail
As fat as the distillerys pig
As fickle as the weather
As fickle as the friends
As fickle as the sea
As fidgety as an old maid
As fierce as the famished wolf
As fierce as the wolves
As firm as faith
As firm as adamant
As firm as Rocky Mountains
As firm as steel
As fit as fiddle
As fixed as the laws of the Medes
As fixed as the Persians
As fixed as fate
As flabby as sponge
As flat as pancake
As flat as the fens of Holland
As fleet as a greyhound
As fleet as the wind
As flimsy as gauze
As flimsy as gossamer
As foolish as calf
As foul as slander
As foul as sty
As frail as lily
As frail as flowers
As frail as glass
As free as a sea breeze
As free as a rose
As friendless as an alarm clock
As friendly as a puppy
As frigid as an iceberg
As frightened as Macbeth before the ghost of Banquet
As frisky as colt
As frizzled as the lawyers wig
As fruitful as Egypt
As full as an egg is of meat
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