Dependable as a dictionary, commentator Paula LaRocque explores the power of the simile. I recently read a simile that made me laugh aloud. A simile, as you know, is a comparison that uses the words ...

A simile is a comparison that uses the words “like” or “as” and describes one thing as being “like” something else or as ...

Full disclosure: My daughter took a creative writing course from the author of this book. She told me he disapproved of any poem with a simile in it. I can now inform her that he practices what he ...

Creating similes is one of the best ways to stimulate creativity. They warm up your mental engines and help you look at the world with new and different perspectives. Similes help you understand one ...

The use of good metaphors is slowly dying — like good fiction at local bookshops. Zoo City by Lauren Beukes (Jacana) Douglas Adams said: “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they ...