100 Comparison Examples
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
Comparison
The comparison she is a literary resource that establishes a relationship of similarity between two elements based on a common characteristic. For example: It is firm as an oak.
For rhetoric, the comparison (or simile) is a figure that indicates a similarity between two different terms, and is associated with other figures such as allusion, the allegory, the example and others.
Comparison types
The inferiority and superiority comparisons They allow to communicate the characteristics of something that the interlocutor does not know, compared to something that the interlocutor knows. For example, if I am looking for Juan, but I don't know him and I do know Pablo, the information will serve me: Juan is taller than Pablo.
The equality comparisons they also allow the same use, but they are also used to enrich the discourse with sensory images (visual, sound, etc.). For example, saying that someone he is brave as a lion it's more persuasive than simply saying you're brave.
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Comparison examples
- His will is tough What the steel.
- She is a lot more nice what her sister.
- He is so studious What her father.
- A luxurious place What a palace.
- This building is so old What the Taj Majal.
- She is happy What fish in the water
- Is joyful What her companions.
- I was furious What a volcano.
- This brand is more cheap what the other.
- Is firm What an oak.
- Is capricious What one princess.
- Has the perfect complexion What porcelain.
- They love each other so much What the first day.
- Is surprised What child.
- My aunt is more old-fashioned what my mother.
- They are thirty years old and they play What kids.
- Dress up your daughter What a doll.
- She today she is more calm what Yesterday.
- It was a loud sound What of an explosion.
- Speak What an old woman.
- Felt free What a bird.
- Is slow What a turtle.
- The discussion was What a summer storm: intense but fleeting.
- This lake is more extensive what previous.
- The muscles are less inflamed what Yesterday.
- Repeat everything What a parrot.
- Candy What Honey.
- He has eyes What daggers.
- Put on What a beast.
- Watch out, she is more fragile what Glass.
- Theft is a crime more serious what theft.
- Has cold white skin What Snow.
- I was so ashamed What that day.
- My husband sleeps What a baby.
- The teacher has more patience what Mother.
- He is eleven years old and is so high What her father.
- She here she does more cold what in my town.
- The sand burned What hot iron.
- She is happy which child with new toy.
- It's rough What a sandpaper.
- He has eyes What stars.
- Is distrustful What a fox.
- After napping, he was fresh What a lettuce.
- His daughters are What three flowers in spring
- The gold medal winner was fast What a ray.
- Gets up early What the roosters.
- A gentle caress What the breeze.
- His wife treats him What to a king.
- It is more traveler what an airplane pilot.
- He is treacherous What the sea.
- He's only twenty but he's sweet and fragile What an old woman.
- I feel more only what a lonely dog.
- Screech What chickens.
- On the train they were tight What canned sardines.
- She treated him What to a parent.
- Bitter What gall.
- They are red What the blood.
- The lights in the distance were twinkling What stars.
- It's dirty What a pig.
- Today is more skilled what his teacher.
- Has the mouth What a mailbox.
- He encouraged the team What a fanatic.
- She is blonde What Dew.
- This matter is murky What mud.
- It was a music that got drunk What the alcohol.
- Smelled What flowers.
- With this product, your house will smell What a forest.
- You have it abandoned What to a dog.
- You treat me What an unknown.
- Took advantage What a leech.
- It's fall but it was a warm sunny morning What a summer day.
- Shone What a precious stone.
- They looked at her What to a monster.
- His fingers are fat What sausages.
- Suddenly it was done so Dark What the night.
- Plays the piano What A professional.
- It's complicated What his brother.
- Burned fast What paper.
- He is acid What The vinegar.
- They are What The water and the oil.
- The news was What a bucket of cold water.
- They celebrated What If it was the end of the world
- She learned to behave What her.
- She was light What a butterfly
- It was threatening What storm clouds.
- Is indecisive What me.
- It is more insurance what a prison.
- He stood still What a statue.
- She had eyes What dishes.
- He was pale What a dead.
- She left running What haunted by a ghost.
- Is unruly What a puppy.
- A terrifying movie What a nightmare.
- Has straight hair What her mother.
- It's refreshing What the river water.
- The illusion exploded What a soap bubble.
- His promises are What blank checks.
- Your arrival is What Sunrise.
- She kicked him What if it were a ball.
- They sang What birdies.
Other figures of speech:
Allusion | Pure metaphors |
Analogies | Metonymy |
Antithesis | Oxymoron |
Antonomasia | Growing words |
Ellipse | Parallelism |
Exaggeration | Personification |
Gradation | Polysyndeton |
Hyperbole | Simile or comparison |
Sensory Imaging | Synesthesia |
Metaphors |