it sounded like a chain saw on steroids.
My job is as tedious as babysitting several screaming children.
A simile is the comparison of something to another thing using the words 'like' or 'as'. That car is like a screaming metal death trap!
A simile.
A metaphor
Wild eagle is the simile that is used to describe Polyneices in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the term simile describes a comparison of two unlike objects by way of the linkage words "as," "like" or "than." The description fits the beginning lines in the parados by the chorus of Theban elders. The chorus members identify Polyneices as a proud, shrilly screaming and swooping eagle.
As quick as a wink is a simile. ----
It is a simile.
simile It is an example of a simile (uses like or as). A simile in itself though is a type of metaphor.
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that man
It is a similie as you are comparing (something) to how sly the fox is. A similie uses the words "like or "as".
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