Simile
Simile A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, with the use of "like" or "as".
"The saintly soul of Elizabeth shown like a shrine dedicated lamp in our peaceful home." Analysis The quote compares Elizabeth to a lamp by their somewhat glowing and beautiful appearance using the word "like." "No one can conceive the variety of feelings which bore me onward, like a hurricane, in the first enthusiasm of success" Analysis The quote compares feelings with a hurricane using the word "like". |