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similes

Meanings
  • figure of speech

    A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

    - "Her eyes were like pools of water."
    - "He ran like a cheetah."
    - "Her voice was as sweet as honey."
Antonyms

dissimile
Variants
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simile , similes , simili , epic simile , epic similes
Etymology
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From Latin 'similis', meaning 'same' or 'resembling'.

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  1. Similes were used extensively in ancient Greek and Roman poetry.

  2. Similes can make complex ideas more relatable and easier to understand.

  3. Similes can also be used to create humor or irony.

  4. The longest simile in the English language is attributed to Edgar Allan Poe, who wrote 'The Raven': 'And this is the miracle of miracles—that to each separate soul he spoke intimately. He knew what was in my heart, and I knew what was in his.' (228 lines)

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  1. Metaphor: Both similes and metaphors are figures of speech used for comparison, but while similes use 'like' or 'as' to make the comparison explicit, metaphors make the comparison implicit, stating that one thing is another.

  2. Personification: Personification is a literary device in which human qualities are attributed to non-human things or abstract concepts. Similes can be used to create personification by comparing a non-human thing or abstract concept to a human or animal.

Quotes
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  1. But Dickens finds the unexpected detail, the vivid "simile". Think of Joe Gargery in Great Expectations, "with eyes of such a very undecided blue that they seemed to have somehow got mixed with their own whites." Or, in David Copperfield, Dora's cousin "in the Life-Guards, with such long legs that he looked like the afternoon shadow of somebody else."

    - James Wood,{it}New Republic{/it},14 Dec. 1998

  2. After the internship year, doctors assume greater responsibility for directing patient care. Dr. Shockcor at West Virginia offered a homely "simile": "It's like working in a factory, putting doors on cars. I'm now responsible that the doors get put on right, whereas as an intern I had to make sure I had a door in my hands and didn't miss a car going by."

    - Michael Harwood,{it}New York Times Magazine{/it},3 June1984
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Similes have been used in literature and poetry for centuries to add vividness and depth to descriptions. They can also help to clarify complex ideas by comparing them to more familiar concepts.

How to Memorize "similes"

  1. visualize

    - To memorize similes, try visualizing the comparison being made. For example, when memorizing the simile 'Her eyes were like pools of water', imagine looking into a pool of water and seeing someone's eyes reflected in it.

  2. associate

    - To memorize similes, try associating them with something familiar. For example, when memorizing the simile 'He ran like a cheetah', think about how fast and graceful a cheetah runs and try to mimic that motion when running.

  3. mnemonics

    - To memorize similes, try creating a mnemonic device. For example, for the simile 'Her voice was as sweet as honey', you could remember it as 'Her voice is honey sweet'.

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