Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Similes

Read 2 Samuel 22-24

2 Samuel 22:43 "Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad."

Similes are when you directly compare two different things. We actually use the words like or as.

It’s not usually wasted on things that are alike. It’s mostly used for two very dissimilar things.

Similes are intended to bring up a vivid word picture and compare something familiar with something in the piece that might be unknown to the reader. Some similes are so well-known, writers will want to avoid them and instead think of something fresh.

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