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Simile Simile：(明喻） It is a figure of speech which makes a comparison between two unlike elements having at least one quality or characteristic (特性)in common. dissimilar objects To make the comparison, words like as, as...as, as if and like are used to transfer the quality we associate with one to the other. Similes compare two dissimilar objects, concepts (in most respects these two things are totally unlike, but actually are alike in some significant way) in order to suggest an unexpected likeness between the two. What is a simile: A simile is a comparison of two different things tha