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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 of similes:
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 S.
As sacred as a shrine
As sad as night
As sad as doom
As safe as tortoise under its shell
As safe as a sardine
As salt as a sea sponge
As salt as brine
As saucy as the wave
As scarce as the hens teeth
As scarce as the feathers on a fish
As secret as thought
As securer as the grave
As seedy as a raspberry
As selfish as a fox
As senseless as stones
As sensitive as flowers
As serious as a doctor
As serious as an owl
As shallow as a pan
As shameful as a sin
As shameless as a nude statue
As shapeless as an old shoe
As sharp as a razor
As sharp as a thistle
As short as a dream
As short as the life of a wave
As shy as squirrel
As shy as the fawn
As sick as a dog
As silent as thought
As silent as a stone
As silly as calves
As simple as ABC
As simple as a child
As sincere as sunlight
As sleek as mouse
As sleepless as owls
As slippery as ice
As slippery as serpent
As slow as a snail
As sly as a fox
As small as atoms
As smart as sixpence
As smart as paint
As smooth as ice
As sober as a judge
As soft as wool
As soft as velvet
As soft as fur
As soft as silk
As solid as bricks
As solitary as a tomb
As soothing as breathe of spring
As sour as lime
As spacious as element
As speechless as a stone
As spineless as a jelly-fish
As spiteful as a monkey
As spotless as snow
As spotless as lilies
As spruce as an onion
As stale as an old beer
As stately as an oak
As stately as a queen
As steadfast as the sun
As stealthy as a cat
As stiff as a stone
As stiff as a ramrod
As still as a log
As still as a statue
As stinking as a polecat
As stinking as carrion
As straight as a candle
As straight as a lance
As strange as vision
As strange as Hercules
As strange as brandy
As strange as Samson
As stubborn as a mule
As stupid as a sloth
As stupid as a log
As stupid as a post
As subtle as a serpent
As sudden as a snap
As sudden as lightning
As sulky as a bear
As superfluous as fifth wheel
As superstitious as sailors
As supple as a snake
As sure as a gun
As sure as sunrise
As sure as death
As suspicious as a cat
As sweet as a rose
As sweet as sugar
As swift as an arrow
As swift as lightning
As swift as a flash
As swift as a thought
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