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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 H.
As haggard as specters
As hairless as an egg
As hairy as a mastodon
As hairy as a spider
As handsome as paint
As happy as a lark
As happy as a child
As happy as a lord
As hard as a flint
As hard as granite
As hard as steel
As harmless as a baby
As harsh as truth
As harsh as grating wheel
As hasty as fire
As hateful as death
As hateful as hell
As haughty as the devil
As healthy as a May morning
As hearty as an oak
As heavy as lead
As helpless as a baby
As hideous as the Witch of Ender
As high as heaven
As high as stars
As hoarse as raven
As hollow as drum
As honest as a mirror
As hopeful as the break of the day
As horny as the camels knee
As horrid as the murderers dream
As hot as pepper
As hot as hell
As hot as fire
As hot as molten lead
As hue less as ghost
As huge as high Olympus
As humble as worm
As humble as Ukiahs Heep
As hungry as a wolf
As hungry as the grave
As hungry as a bear
As hungry as a church mouse
As hushed as midnight
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