Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 7 AIL 0607 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Simile
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The idea
The glossary calls simile a type of metaphor that makes the comparison explicit by using like or as. Explicit is the operative word: the comparison is announced rather than asserted. The announcement holds the two things slightly apart, which is a different effect from identifying them.
In practice
The comparison is announced.
Where people slip
Announcing holds the two things apart.
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