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simile::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | figure, figure of speech, image, trope |
Examples of simile
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The tyranny of the adjective-laden simile is rife in contemporary English prose.
From the guardian.co.uk
This spiritual practice has been described beautifully using a bow-arrow simile.
From the en.wikipedia.org
At the meta-poetic level this poem is surely exploring the device of the simile.
From the guardian.co.uk
Jack loves a good simile and detests dangling modifiers in search of a subject.
From the buffalonews.com
As a simile, it is described as a warning to students to be ready for examination.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If you asked Pitbull what a simile was, he'd text you a winky face emoticon.
From the hecklerspray.com
From which simile he also gave that state a new name, calling it katalepsis.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It can be a strong word to use as a describing word in a simile or metaphor.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It is common to find her devoting more than one metaphor or simile to the same image.
From the theatlantic.com
- A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
- A simile is a figure of speech that indirectly compares two different things by employing conjunctions (e.g. the words "like", "as", or "than"). ...
- SIMILE is a joint research project run by The World Wide Web Consortium(W3C.org), Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries and CSAIL and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. ...
- Win32/Simile (also known as Etap and MetaPHOR) is a metamorphic computer virus written in assembly language for Microsoft Windows. The virus was released in the most recent version in early March 2002. It was written by the virus writer Mental Driller. ...
- (Similes (album)) Similes is the fifth album from Portland, Oregon ambient musician Matthew Cooper, under the name Eluvium. The album features Cooper's first vocal performances and percussion, and is the first album to have a verse-chorus form in some of its tracks. ...
- A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, in the case of English generally using like or as
- (Similes) short comparisons that use the words like or as to compare two items that are alike in one essential detail.
- (similes) imagistic comparison of a literal idea or image (referent) with a figurative concrete image (vehicle) using "like" or "as".
- In a similar manner. Simile is often used to indicate a passage of music should be performed in the same manner as a preceding section.
