This simile is comparing the dark Caribbean ocean with moist(ocean) black (dark night) cake.
A simile for "The Most Dangerous Game" would be , the ocean is like moist black velvet.
Velvet is a noun that represents a type of fabric, so it is neither a simile nor a metaphor. Similes and metaphors are figures of speech that compare two different things using "like" or "as" (simile) or by stating that one thing is another (metaphor).
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In the story "Faceless" by Ashley Sheinmel, a simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as." An example of a simile in the story could be "her voice was as smooth as velvet" to describe how someone speaks.
Not to people. Plants yes.
Her hair is as soft as a cotton.
on velvetSlang for "sitting pretty," it means things are going very well. For example, "I saw Erin yesterday and she told me she finally got a Web sponsor, she was on velvet."
A Girl, national velvet is her nick name, and in the movie international velvet, velvet is the aunt.
Haptodysphoria - An unpleasant sensation derived from touching certain objects. Common with fuzzy things like velvet, raw cotton, carpet, peaches, kiwi's etc.
Velvet's silks were pink and yellow
Those barriers are called traditional velvet ropes and posts. Some call the posts stanchions, but it's basically the same thing. Stanchions are just more elegant. You don't really see the velvet ropes in film theaters unless it's a premiere night for a movie or a special event. The velvet ropes carry a certain aura of class and importance compared to the retractable belts more commonly seen.
Fuzz on deer antlers are called velvet.