"The violin sang sweetly like a bird in flight."
soft
A simile.
A metaphor
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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In "Catcher in the Rye" Holden says, "He said, in one part, that a woman's body is like a violin and all, and that it takes a terrific musician to play it right." That is an example of a simile.
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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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