Figurative language: Simile

Apparently our teacher decided to deviate from the main road a little to introduce us to figurative language, which is … actually pretty cool IMO.

I’m in collaboration with Razita Afrina and Yolla Bernica and we were tasked to define what simile is. Well, simile is a type of figurative speech where you take two things and compare them as to show a likeness.

Example: How like a bee he is these days — so busy with his new position.

Here you can see that the person in question is being compared to a bee. Bees are hardworking little creatures; their work starts from grooming the queen to maintaining the temperature of the hive. The second part of the sentence clearly shows what the comparison meant to describe.

Maybe you’re confused about telling the difference between similes and metaphors. Basically, in similes you compare the two things, but in metaphors, you directly interchange them.

Metaphor: The stream down there is an utter storm.

Simile: The stream down there looks like a storm.