sentence: Similes use comparisons, with the words 'like' or 'as'.
sentences_before: A 'simile' is a figure of speech which derives from classical rhetoric. It is used to make a 'direct comparison'. Similes may be confused with metaphors, which do the same kind of thing.
sentences_after: Metaphors use indirect comparisons, without the words 'like' or 'as'.
concept_name: simile
headings: Simile
categories: Words Figures of speech