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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 W.
As wan as moonlight
As wan as ashes
As warlike as the wolf
As warm as sunbeams
As warm as wool
As wary as a fox
As wasteful as a hen
As watchful as a sentinel
As wavering as Hamlet
As weak as water
As weak as a reed
As weather-beaten as fishermans oar
As welcome as dew on parched flower
As welcome as rainstorm in hell
As welcome as a star
As wet as a fish
As wet as a drowned rat
As white as a porcelain
As white as snow
Ass white as fleece
As white as ivory
As white as a lily
As wide as hope
As willful as a mule
As wily as a fox
As wise as Solomon
As witless as a jack saw
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