Once you're familiar with them, you'll likely notice that simile examples abound in everyday speech, writing, song lyrics and even advertising slogans. Here, we'll take a look at some simile ...

This simile suggests the waving movement of the banners but it also hints at a familiar, united and friendly atmosphere at the protest. There are two examples of similes in Robert Burns' poem A ...

You need to finish each simile so it makes sense. For example: 'As sad as a child on Christmas Day' doesn't make sense as children are usually happy on Christmas day.

Maybe you’re even pretty savvy at distinguishing between basic rhetorical devices—hyperbole versus oxymoron, simile versus metaphor ... Off Shelves,” for example, drops is a noun—but ...

For example, if it's pouring rain outside and someone says ... For instance, saying "as clear as mud" to describe something very confusing is an ironic simile that emphasizes the lack of clarity.

Other devices include rhymes, puns, hyperbole and simile. After creating a slogan ... it pays to Discover" for Discover Card, for example -- or must be so associated with a product that most ...

“At its simplest the parable is a metaphor or simile drawn from nature or common life, arresting the hearer by its vividness ...

For example, in a crowd where all cards were either ... that in the end he is forced to convey his truth by simile. "I find the supporting evidence for my beliefs in ten thousand different places ...

After hearing her say she knew of another person who was found guilty, Jesus, using it as a simile to Trump being ... back the man and if Greene is an example of how, then you really must rethink ...

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The article “uses simile, hyperbole, and other figurative language to express ... journalists and others engaged in publishing activities. He provided the following example: If a report appears on the ...

Certain passages mystified me — for example, the suggestion that claiming ... wished that Powers had resisted the lure of the poetic simile. (“It’s striking how many people played a role ...