30 Simile Examples (Explained)

Simile

The simile, also called comparison, is a rhetorical figure that serves as a means to establish a relationship between a real element and an imaginary or figurative one. For example: It was cold as an iceberg.

The simile is an element that is quite easy to identify, because unlike what happens in other rhetorical figures, such as the metaphor, in the similes both elements are named and so is the link that unites these two elements.

In general that comparative nexus it's the word like, which, like, similar to, so '. When using the What, gives rise to an expressive resource per se called comparison.

In poetic works, this figure is often used to say in an aesthetically elevated way something that in itself can be very simple and, in many other cases, popular culture appropriates this concept and through a simile or comparison makes a more eloquent idea. For example: My heart opens like a treasure.

In many cases, in addition, they acquire a humorous tone that makes them more remembered. For example: Sweat as a false witness or Useless as a motorcycle ashtray.

How do you make a comparison?

The central element of the simile is the transmission of a quality from something to something else, which also has it, but which is not so evident.

Having the ability to make a comparison of this type is essential for writers and poets, and surely it is nothing easy to find exactly the imaginary element that is specifically adapted to the real question you want to ask reference.

The simile can also be used in a speech argumentative and in public speaking. There, however, the question becomes somewhat stricter and the speaker must take into consideration that there must be a truly robust link between the named elements, since one can fall into the fallacy of a false analogy.

Wrong simile example: State, for example, that A school is like a small business, where grades are student salaries, is true in the sense that both are rewards for effort, but is false in almost every other aspect of the comparison.

Examples of simile

1. Sweat What false witness.
2. So Useless What motorcycle ashtray.
3. Happy What dog with two tails.
4. Cold What an iceberg.
5. A temperaturelike in hell
6. So lightweight What A pen.
7. I don't have a penny which scarecrow wallet.
8. Your eyes shine What two stars.
9. Her skin was so white What Snow.
10. The sea is so immense What the greatness of our heart.
11. His hands, soft and beautiful What velvet.
12. Yellow curls which gold.
13. They were still not moving, still What statues.
14. The subtle worlds What soap bubbles.
15. Eat What new lime.
16. Dangerous What stormy sea.
17. The alley was black What Wolf's mouth.
18. His eyes shine What two stars.
19. Life is What a bouncing ball.
20. Singing What the cicada.
21. Sometimes I feel What poor hill and others What mighty mountain.
22. It was shown so euphoric which rock song.
23. Think What your enemy, and live like him.
24. Meek What a little lamb.
25. Her blond hair which gold.
26. It is so bored What suck a nail.
27. He knows how to swim so well What a fish.
28. Teachers educate so well What parents.
29. I was firm What statue roll.
30. His dress was red which burning fire.

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