What is a Simile
Simile is a figure of speech that describes the object by directly comparing it with other obejct in an interesting way. The connection between two objects is based on common characteristic to describe, highlight and emphasize in a way that reader can imagine vividly. Similes make writing exciting and colourful. Simile is a comparison by using words ‘like’ or ‘as.’
Example:
- as innocent as an angel.
- soft like a fur
- fierce like a lion
- More Simile Examples from literature:
The Handmaid’s Tale (1985)
“Time has not stood still. It has washed over me, washed me away, as if I’m nothing more than a woman of sand, left by a careless child too near the water.” Margaret Atwood
The Adventure of the Three Gables (1926)
“She entered with ungainly struggle like some huge awkward chicken, torn, squawking, out of its coop.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“Daffodils” (1807). “I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o’er vales and hills.” (Wordsworth)
Similes and Exaggeration
Similes often make use of hyperbole, or exaggeration:
She is as light as a feather.
He runs like a panther.