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Rhetorical Devices Major Simile Metaphor Personification Synecdoche Metonymy Minor Analogy Rhetorical Questions Alliteration Antithesis Climax Euphemism Hyperbole Irony Oxymoron What’s a Simile? Similes compare two dissimilar objects, concepts, etc., in order to suggest an unexpected likeness between the two. Similes can often be distinguished by the presence of one of two code words, “like” and “as”. For Example… Two Dissimilar Subjects Blanket Snow Simile Time! If we wish to make a comparison between the way a blanket covers a bed and the way the snow covers t