Examples of Simile

Examples of simile are provided here. These simile examples will help you bring freshness to you songwriting or any other kind of writing.

A similes makes a comparison to show just how two ideas although not the same in most ways are in fact very similar in another significant way. They are a technique to describe an idea of thing.

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Songwriters and authors make use of similes in their writing to make what they have to say much more descriptive and entertaining.

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The most common examples of simile use “as” or “like” to link the two things or ideas in a comparison.

Examples:

1. Playing cards with Sam is like trying to outsmart a Vegas slot machine.

“Playing cards with Sam” is compared with “trying to outplay a Vagas slot machine.” What this comparison does is show that Sam can play and think in a effective and automatic way similar to how a slot machine works. It doesn't say he is a slot machine. It also implies Sam is as hard to win against as a slot machine.

2. Her words were as dull as a dirt.

Her words are compared to dirt showing that they have no shine or sparkle.

Here is an exercise for you. Find the words that are the object of the simile in each sentence. I've done the first three for you and put brackets around what has been compared.

1. Jill choked and said, “These donuts are like (Texas dust).”

2. Bill ran along the street and listened to the traffic. His skin was as hot as the (concrete).

3. Why tell George his pancakes look like (bran muffins)?

4. Jen hurried her words and asked her Dad to think again. “Dad, I know you're crying like a fool”.

5. Jared was upset when he mentioned she was as cold as a hailstone.

6. Watch your step when you come in. The doorway is as black as the north pole in winter.

7. I don't like what's going on. I feel like a noodle in boiling water.

8. I wanted our songs to fly out to the audience. but, somehow they dropped like a lead beach ball.

9. She didn't like Martha. Her smile was as slick as an door to door salesman.

10. Harvey's grin was as coiled as a rattler.

Try writing your own interesting examples of similes.

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