SIMILE
A simile is a figure of
speech in which one thing is likened to another. This is usually
achieved by the use of the word like or as.
A simile is a figure of
speech that makes a comparison,
showing similarities between two different things. Unlike a metaphor, a simile draws
resemblance with the help of the words “like” or “as”. Therefore, it is a
direct comparison.
We can find simile
examples in our daily speech. We often hear comments like “John is as slow as a
snail.” Snails are notorious for their slow pace and here the slowness of John
is compared to that of a snail.
Example :
v He is as funny as a monkey.
v The water well was as dry as a bone.
v He is as
cunning as a fox.
v Wajahmu bagaikan rembulan yang
bersinar di malam hari"
v "Gadis itu bagaikan bunga mawar
yang baru mekar"
v "Persahabatan kami layaknya
rantai yang kokoh"
v "Rambutmu bak mayang terurai"
v "Engkau laksana bulan yang
menerangi kegelapan"
Famous
Similes (Examples)
Here are
some similes by famous people:
- A room without books is like a body without a soul.
(Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius
Cicero, 106 BC - 43 BC)
- Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
(Credited to English
singer-songwriter Elvis Costello)
- Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.
(American novelist Edna Ferber,
1887-1968)
Funny
Similes (Examples)
Here are
some funny similes:
- He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame, maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.
- Duct tape is like the force — it has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together. (Carl Zwanzig)
- Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks. (Eric Sevareid)
- I'm as pure as the driven slush. (Tallulah Bankhead, 1903-1968)
- Her vocabulary was like, yeah, whatever.
Simile Examples in Literature
Written by Joseph Conrad,
“I would have given anything for the power to
soothe her frail soul, tormenting itself in its invincible ignorance like a
small bird beating about the cruel wires of a cage.”
The lines have been taken from Lord Jim.
The helplessness of the soul is being compared with a bird in a cage beating
itself against the merciless wires of the cage, to be free.
Function of Simile
From the above discussion, we can infer the
function of similes both in our everyday life as well as in literature. Using
similes attracts the attention and appeals directly to the senses of listeners
or readers encouraging their imagination to comprehend what is being
communicated. In addition, it inspires life-like quality in our daily talks and
in the characters of fiction or poetry.
Simile allows readers to relate the feelings of a writer or a poet to their
personal experiences. Therefore, the use of similes makes it easier for the
readers to understand the subject matter of a literary text, which may have
been otherwise too demanding to be comprehended. Like metaphors, similes also
offer variety in our ways of thinking and offers new perspectives of viewing
the world.
references :
https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simile
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