Simile

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=__Simile:__=

=       = = = = = =__What is a Simile you ask?__= = = =  **A simile is a comparison of two unlike things using like, as, or than. **   =

=__What are similes used for?__= =Similes are used to uncover new and intriguing qualities of the original item. They also give stylistic colorfulness and variety to boring items.     = = = = = =  **__For Example:__ **    = =  **"It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night/Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear" (I.v.43-44) **    =

"She hangs" is compared to "a rich jewel" using "like".
=  **"He bears him like a portly gentleman" (I.v.64) **    = = = = =

"He bears" is being compared to "a portly gentleman" using "like" again.
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