Epic simile, an extended simile elaborated in such detail or at such length as to eclipse temporarily the main action of a narrative work, forming a decorative digression. Usually it compares one complex action(rather than a simple quality or thing) with another: for example, the approach of an army with the onset of storm clouds. Sometimes called a Homeric simile after its frewuent use in Homer's epic poems, it was also used by Virgil, Milton, and others in their literary epics.
An Epic Simile, was originally made up by Homer, and was called a Homeric Simile,and still is referred to that sometimes. It's a comparison, you could use it in an article to compare two things.
Similes are figures of speech that are used to make a direct comparison between two words using a connective word such as "as", "than" and "like." Some good examples of similes would include "cute as a kitten", "snug as a bug in a rug", and "blind as a bat."
simile developed over several lines of verse, especially one used in an epic poem.
Julie is like a monkey.
when he's talking about the octopus
A simile is a phrase comparing two things using like or as. EX: As pretty as a celebrity. As wet as rain.
Simile
you will be devowerd like a lion
The tree fell to the ground
you will be devowerd like a lion
hard as hell
A simile is when you compare one thing with another thing but they are completely different. Some examples include brave as a lion and as cold as an ice cube.
a simile is compared with "like" or "as", a metaphor is comparing using is, or without "like or "as". The moon during harvest looks like a great pumpkin in the sky. - Simile The harvest moon is a great pumpkin in the sky. - Metaphor
an English language text book will give this info It was hot as a desert It was as cold as ice It was as pretty as a butterfly A simile is a figure of speech that compares items using the words like or as Another definition of a simile is a figure of speech to indicate analogies.
Lots of Simile's and there are some examples of personification too :) Then the brown water that had puddled up all over the field began to move. It began to run toward the back portables, like someone pulled the plug out of a giant bathtub. This one had both simile and Personification. Definitions: Simile- A comparison using like or as. Personification- A non-living thing given human characteristics.
I found some nice simile worksheets at readingworks dot com. They have a good selection and the printing is free. Your students will like using them in class.
metaphor, imagery, meter, rhyme, sound patterns, Sonnet form,ethos tone,simile.....ect.