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  • 02-12-2016
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what is a metaphor and a simile?

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AoiNaito
AoiNaito AoiNaito
  • 02-12-2016
Both are rhetorical devices that compare two objects together.
A simile compare things with the words "like" or "as" while a metaphor does not.
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Chik0
Chik0 Chik0
  • 02-12-2016
A simile is where to things are directly compared...for example the words AS or LIKE is used to compare two words.

A metaphor also compare two things but it does so more directly without using AS or LIKE.
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