Define Simile Meaning

a rhetorical figure expressing comparison or likeness, by use of such words as like, as, so

A Comparison Of 2 Things By Using The Words ''As'' Or ''Like''.

When a person gives you such an annoying grin you just want to punch them in the face.

A definition your teacher will rage at.

Similar, yet different

Excesive use of the word "Like" in conversation. (Eg. "It was like, so totally like awesome, like ya' know?")

A writer's effect that uses "like" or "as" to describe a similarity between two things. Taught in the English subject.

Comparing two things using light or as

A literary device used by various hip-hop artists, the likeless simile is a simile without the words like or as prior to the descriptive part of the sentence.

For instance, in the song Bed Rock by Young Money, the

following line contains a likeless simile:

"I just be coming off the top; asbestos"

This line in simile form would be as follows:
"I just be coming off the top like asbestos"

Since the word like was omitted from the simile, it is a likeless simile.

Other examples of the Likeless similie include:

In Kanye West's "Good Morning":
"You got d's, motherfucker, d's, (like) Rosie Perez."

In Drake's "Forever":
"Swimmin' in the money, come and find me, (like) Nemo"

In Young Money's "Bed Rock":
"Shake and bake, (like) Ricky Bobby

Rap similes are the comparison of modern words to everyday life or trials.

A simile that uses like or as twice in one sentence.