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Simile Examples in Literature and Everyday Language
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoSimiles are like spices for writing: Used in the right proportion, they can add zest and verve to your prose. Once you're familiar with them, you'll...
Poetry from Daily Life: Too much or too little? Figures of speech can be a tightrope walk
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSince Poetry from Daily Life began on Nov. 5, it has featured 11 guests and 50 more poets across the...
Whoopi Goldberg shuts down heated clash over Sunny Hostin's 'roaches' comparison on The View
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhoopi Goldberg attempted to exterminate a heated on-air clash over Sunny Hostin's "roaches voting...
Happy 200th! Trinity United Methodist Church rooted in the birth of Tallahassee
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIt may be stretching a simile a little to note that in 1824 — 200 years ago this January — two...
Why Matt Duchene described Nashville Predators last few weeks as 'up and down like a toilet seat'
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe simile prompted smiles from those within earshot. "Up and down like a toilet seat," is how...
Cassidy Lists His Top 5 Punchline Rappers, Including Big Daddy Kane And Big L
VIBE via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCassidy is renowned for his usage of metaphors and similes in his raps, but the Philly native...
A first look at Icon of the Seas, the world’s biggest cruise ship
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months ago“Like a sore thumb” isn’t quite the right simile. Nothing about Icon of the Seas looks especially...
All's fair in love and poetry? How to write a poem (with a little help from Taylor Swift)
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWill Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album “The Tortured Poets Department” usher in a new era of poetry...
Batman #428: Robin Lives! Gets a Second Printing at DC
SuperHeroHype via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe “faux-simile” edition of DC’s Batman #428 is on its way back to the printers. DC has announced...
Mommy Direst: Here Are The 10 Worst Movie Mothers
SPIN via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSally Field’s Mrs. Gump was guilty of articulating one of cinema’s silliest similes when she compared life to a box of chocolates, explaining the...