SIMILE

AN EXPLICIT COMPARISON, OFTEN (BUT NOT NECESSARILY) EMPLOYING "LIKE" OR "AS"

A DEVICE OF ART & EXPLANATION

MAKE DESCRIPTIONS MORE VIVID

YOU ARE LIKE A HURRICANE:

COMMON PATTERNS FOLLOW

AS (ADJECTIVE) AS (SOMETHING)

• As cold as ice.
• As hard as a rock.
• As gentle as a lamb.

(SOMETHING) IS LIKE (SOMETHING)

• My love is like a red, red rose.
• These cookies taste like garbage.
• He had a temper like a volcano.

(SOMETHING) IS OR DOES LIKE (SOMETHING)

• He eats like a pig.
• He smokes like a chimney.
• They fought like cats and dogs.

PATTERNS

• X is like Y
• X is not like Y
• X is the same as Y
• X is more/less than Y
• X is similar to Y

MORE PATTERNS

• X resembles Y
• X is as Y as Z
• X is Y like Z
• X is more Y than Z
• X is less Y than Z

SOURCES

• Lennon, John. "A Hard Day's Night." A Hard Day's Night. Beatles. George Martin, 1964.
• "Simile." English Club. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2013.
• "Simile." Silva Rhetoricae:. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2013.
• "Simile." Virtual Salt. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2013.
• Young, Neil. "Like a Hurricane." American Stars 'n Bars. 1977.