The simile has to match the tone of its surroundings and has to be like a little joke. Writing a simile that isn't funny on some level is quite hard.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.
In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.
Metaphor is embodied in language.
Each simian had a much different body suit, so besides trying to define class across species, there was a definite attempt to dress each group in different styles.
I've gotten very alert not just to mixed metaphor but to any writing mistake.
It's difficult to differentiate between a story that's humorous and clever and one that actually makes people laugh out loud.
Metaphors are fine if they aid understanding, but sometimes they get in the way.
The strangest thing that human speech and human writing can do is create a metaphor. That is an amazing leap, is it not?
Metaphor matters because it creates expectations.
I went out on a date with Simile. I don't know what I metaphor.