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Simile:
A comparison of two things that are not alike in most ways using ‘like’ or ‘as’.
For example:
"Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep."
IMPORTANT: Using ‘like’ or ‘as’ does not always make a sentence a simile. A comparison
between two different things must be made!
"You are like a solid rock. I know I can always count on you." - SIMILE
Metaphor:
A metaphor also compares two things, but it does not use the word ‘like’ or ‘as’. Unlike
similes, metaphors state that something is something else.
For example:
"Life is a battlefield. You have to fight for what you believe in."
"The world is a stage and all the men and women its actors."
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Simile vs. Metaphor: What’s the difference?
1. Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net.
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2. We would have had more pizza to go around if Tammy hadn’t been such a hog.
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3. Don’t bother going in. We call his room the disaster zone of our house.
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4. The poor rat didn’t have a chance. Our old lightning bolt of a cat pounced on it the
moment it ran out of its hole.
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5. Toby manipulated the people in his life as though they were chess pieces.
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Personification:
Personification is a figurative language technique where an object or idea is given human
characteristics or qualities. In other words, using language, we make an object or an idea do
something that usually is only done by humans. With personification, writers make the
object or idea like a person, hence, personifying it.
Personifying something gives it meaning on a more human level and makes it more
relatable. In poetry, it is used to explain or give vivid examples and images, thereby bringing
the text to life for the reader.
For example: