| simile |
| si'-mi-lee | L. “like” |
| similitudo | |
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An explicit comparison, often (but not necessarily) employing "like" or "as." | |
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| My love is
like a red, red rose —Robert Burns
Her hair was like gravy, running brown off her head and clumping up on her shoulders. The day we passed together for a while You are like a hurricane: there's calm in your eye, but I'm getting blown away —Neil Young The air-lifted rhinoceros hit the ground like a garbage bag filled with split pea soup. |
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| Sources: | Aristotle 3.11.11; Quintilian 8.6.8; Melanchthon a8r | |
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