n.a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
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Similes on the Internet have explanations Images and models, similes and metaphors. The Role of Similarity in Similes and Metaphors Conventionalized "as"-similes in English: a problem case Experts' personal metaphors and similes about language learning strategies Metaphor and Thought: The role of similarity in similes and metaphors Aptness predicts preference for metaphors or similes, as well as recall bias Reversibility, Aptness, and the Conventionality of Metaphors and Similes Aptness is more important than comprehensibility in preference for metaphors and similes An Ironic Fist in a Velvet Glove: Creative Mis-Representation in the Construction of Ironic Similes
