bellies open - too late to run now! - and suddenly the rain comes down.seabirds glide down to the water - stub-winged cargo planes - land awkwardly, taxi with fluttering wings and stamping paddle feet, then dive [23; 15]. first sentence above contains both a simile ("a roar like that of cannonballs") and a metaphor ("their bellies open") in its dramatization of a thunderstorm. The second sentence uses the metaphor of "stub-winged cargo planes" to describe the movements of the seabirds. In both cases, the figurative comparisons offer the reader a fresh and interesting way of looking at the thing being described.and metaphors can be used to convey ideas as well as offer striking images. Consider the simile in the first sentence below and the extended metaphor in the second:
"We walk through volumes of the unexpressed and like snails leave behind a faint thread excreted out of ourselves.am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking. Recording the man shaving at the window opposite and the woman in the kimono washing her hair. Some day, all this will have to be developed, carefully printed, fixed "[19, 35].
Metaphors and similes can not only make our writing more interesting but also help us to think more carefully about our subjects. Put another way, metaphors and similes are not just pretty ornaments; they are ways of thinking.goes without saying that while reading a book one should be alert to the ways in which other writers use similes and metaphors in their work. While writing an essay one can use metaphor or simile, it would not be out of place, then, as one revises the paragraphs and essays, the descriptions can be more vivid and ideas clearer by creating original similes and metaphors of one s own.
Metaphor and simile are two of the best known tropes and are often mentioned together as examples of rhetorical figures. Metaphor and simile are both terms that describe a comparison: the only difference between a metaphor and a simile is that a simile makes the comparison explicit by using "like" or "as." Despite the similarity of the two figures, and the fact that they have historically been used as synonyms, it is the distinction between them which is normally focused upon in teaching. Ironically, "not knowing the difference between a simile and a metaphor" is sometimes used as a euphemism for knowing little about rhetoric or literature. It is stated by some scientists that there is very little difference between metaphor and simile, and that the distinction is trivial compared to, for example, the difference between metonymy and metaphor. The Colombia Encyclopedia, 6th edition, explains that the difference between metaphor ans simile lies in the fact that: a simile states that A is like B, a metaphor states that A is B o...
