Figure of Speech Simile Quiz : Definition of Simile (Figure of Speech):
A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words โlikeโ or โasโ to highlight a shared quality or characteristic. Unlike a metaphor, which implies the comparison directly, a simile makes the comparison explicit.
According to Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms: “A simile is an explicit comparison between two unlike things, usually using the words like or as.”
According to M.H. Abrams’ A Glossary of Literary Terms: โA simile is a comparison between two distinctly different things using โlikeโ or โasโ to clarify or enhance an image.โ
Cambridge Dictionary: “A simile is (the use of) an expression comparing one thing with another, always including the words โasโ or โlikeโ.”
5 Classic Examples of Simile in English Literature:
- William Shakespeare โ Romeo and Juliet
โMy bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deepโฆโ
( Juliet compares her love to the vastness of the sea.)
- Robert Burns โ A Red, Red Rose
โO my Luveโs like a red, red rose
Thatโs newly sprung in June.โ
(The beloved is compared to a fresh rose.)
- Homer โ The Iliad (translated by Alexander Pope)
โAs when the winds, ascending by degrees,
First move the whitening surface of the seasโฆโ
(A simile comparing battle scenes to the sea.)
- William Wordsworth โ Daffodils
โI wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hillsโฆโ
(The poet compares his solitude to a floating cloud.)
- Charles Dickens โ A Tale of Two Cities
โThe wine was red wine, and had stained the ground of the narrow streetโฆ like blood.โ
(The spilled wine is likened to blood, foreshadowing violence.)
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