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simile
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[ noun ] (rhetoric) a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
Used in print (Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)Or , equally often , a concretistic seeming , particularistic seeming statement may consist , with its mundane exterior , in a form of poetry - may be full of meaning and emotion when interpreted as a figurative expression : a metaphor , a simile , an allegory , or some other symbolic mode of speaking . Related terms |
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