by: abigail petrassi and alexander cuniglio. similes are used often to present opinions. if...

Simile-Like Looking in a Dictionary

By: Abigail Petrassi and Alexander Cuniglio

How they are used

Similes are used often to present opinions.

If someone wanted to say that their stomach hurt they would say “My stomach rumbled like an earthquake.”

Their stomach did not do that but that is the point of a simile. To express an emotion or a feeling using a bigger, more powerful, and less similar word.

When they are used

Characters enjoy showing emotion. So often similes appear in dialogue between two characters.

Sometimes when a book wants to describe a person in a powerful way they will use a simile like “Billy’s voice roars like a dinosaur.”

This statement tells the reader that Billy is very loud.

How they are formed

A simile usually starts with a pronoun or noun such as a name or a thing.

After that it shows a characteristic of that person or what they are doing so this can be a noun or verb.

Depending on if the previous step is a noun or a verb you might have to place a verb now if the first two words are nouns.

How they are formed (continued)

Then the word like is placed in or as. Usually this noun is something that

is completely different from the person it may even be an object.

This is how you make a simile. There are always different variations

or different situations in which people use similes but this is the basic format.

Why they are used

Most of the time they are used to show power in words.

You say these to prove to people just how much you mean what you say although it is not true.

It may be used for sarcasm or even just for fun.

Similes are popular in Literature today and even in people’s everyday lives.

I HOPE YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT SIMILES THANKS FOR READING!