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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 T.
As talkative as a Magpie
As tall as a steeple
As tame as a sheep
As taut as fiddle string
As tedious as guilty consciousness
As tender as a bud
As tender as a lamb
As tender as tears
As terrible as Jove
As terrible as hell
As thick as ants
As thick as thieves
As thick as hail
As thin as a wafer
As thin as a groat
As thin as a lath
As thirsty as a sponge
As thirsty as a Tantalus
As thoughtless as a lark
As tidy as a candy shop
As tight as a drum head
As tight as teeth
As timid as mouse
As timid as a fawn
As tired as tombstones
As tough as leather
As tough as nails
As trackless as the sea
As trackless as the desert
As tranquil as the summer sea
As transient as lightning
As transparent as glass
As treacherous as memory
As tricky as an ape
As trivial as parrots prate
As troublesome as a monkey
As true as gospel
As true as steel
As truthful as knight of old
As tuneless as a bag of wool
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