Simile

A comparison using “like” or “as” to connect two things.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’ to explain one thing through another.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’, which encourages the reader to understand one thing through its resemblance to another.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’, such as the comparison of Silas’s anticipated earnings to unborn children.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’. Byron compares the woman’s beauty to a clear, starry night.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’, such as the comparison between an onion causing tears and a lover causing emotional pain.

A comparison between two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’, which brings the qualities of one thing into the description of another.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’, connecting the qualities of two things.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’, which encourages readers to understand one thing through the qualities of another.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’ to connect the qualities of two things.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’ that helps readers imagine something or recognise a relationship between ideas.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’, which helps a reader understand one thing through another.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’, such as the description of Hyde’s violence as ‘ape-like’ in Chapter 4.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’ to connect one thing with another and suggest particular qualities.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’, which gives one thing qualities associated with another.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’ to suggest shared qualities.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’ to suggest a shared quality.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’ to suggest qualities or associations.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’, such as comparing love to a rose-briar.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’ to connect one thing with another.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’ that helps describe something or suggest a meaning beyond its literal appearance.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’. Dickinson compares the pressure of winter light to the weight of religious music.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’ to suggest shared qualities between different things.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’ to connect two things and suggest shared qualities.

A comparison using words such as ‘like’ or ‘as’.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’, which helps convey a particular meaning or impression.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’ to explain or emphasise a quality.

A comparison using words such as ‘like’ or ‘as’.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’, which brings qualities of one thing into the description of another.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’ to illuminate a quality or relationship.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’, which helps readers understand one thing through another.

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’, which helps readers understand one thing through its resemblance to another.