What are some examples of a simile?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

A simile is describing something using like or as.

Examples:

• As blind as a bat
• As cool as a cucumber
• Quick as a flash
• She looked like a budding rose
• He was like a lion in the fight

Something may be as red as a beet, as beautiful as a flower, as bright as the sun, as ugly as a troll, or as slow as a snail.