Comments on: Metaphor, Simile or Analogy? http://thewritersbag.com/writing-rules/metaphor-simile-or-analogy Writing tips for the real world. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:24:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Rogelio "Bozo" http://thewritersbag.com/writing-rules/metaphor-simile-or-analogy/comment-page-1#comment-2564 Rogelio "Bozo" Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:18:37 +0000 http://thewritersbag.com/writing-rules/metaphor-simile-or-analogy#comment-2564 this is my first time to this site, but I absolutely love this article. you did a great job making it understandable for the layperson (I plead guilty to membership of this party). Thank you very much. this is my first time to this site, but I absolutely love this article. you did a great job making it understandable for the layperson (I plead guilty to membership of this party).

Thank you very much.

]]> By: Brian http://thewritersbag.com/writing-rules/metaphor-simile-or-analogy/comment-page-1#comment-1561 Brian Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:49:53 +0000 http://thewritersbag.com/writing-rules/metaphor-simile-or-analogy#comment-1561 Thank you. This really clears things up on metaphors, similes and analogies. It's a key to a map. It's LIKE a Key to a map. It's a key to a map; it helped me quickly find what I needed and highlighted things I wouldn't have noticed before. How did I do? Other thought ... a metaphor is a metamorphosis - one object becomes another A simile is like describing a similarity. At any rate, thanks so much for clearing it up. I smoked way too much put in high school and went blank. Thank you. This really clears things up on metaphors, similes and analogies.

It’s a key to a map.

It’s LIKE a Key to a map.

It’s a key to a map; it helped me quickly find what I needed and highlighted things I wouldn’t have noticed before.

How did I do?

Other thought … a metaphor is a metamorphosis - one object becomes another

A simile is like describing a similarity.

At any rate, thanks so much for clearing it up. I smoked way too much put in high school and went blank.

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