Read aloud picture books and look for simile examples and metaphor examples to learn how writers use figurative language to ...

A simile describes something by comparing it to something else, using like or as ... There are two examples of similes in Robert Burns' poem A Red, Red Rose about his enduring love: 'My love ...

The use of simile as a literary device goes way back in world literature, being found in poetry, drama and prose. The English language has plenty of examples of similes from antiquity to the ...