The single analogy or comparison making up the whole description.

Fundamental Device XIV.— A SINGLE COMPARISON OR LIKENESS.
This device bears the same relation to the fundamental image that the simile does to the metaphor. In the com¬parison, the likeness is expressly stated by the words as, so; in the fundamental image, one object is spoken of as if it were another.
A.	MODEL.
As when some goatherd from the hilltop sees A cloud that traverses the deep before
A strong west wind,— beholding it afar,
Pitch black it seems, and bringing o'er the waves A whirlwind with it ; he is seized with fear,
And driyes his flock to shelter in a cave,— So with the warriors Ajax to the war
Moved, dense and dark, the phalanxes of youths • Trained for the combat.
—HOMER (BRYANT'S TRANSLATION), The Iliad, Book IV.
SUGGESTIONS.—What description-motive does this model illus¬trate? What word connects the two members of the comparison?
B.	EXAMPLE FOR ANALYSIS.
As when the ocean-billows, surge on surge, Are pushed along to the resounding shore Before the western wind, and first a wave Uplifts itself, and then against the land
Dashes and roars, and round the headland peaks Tosses on high and spouts its spray afar,
So moved the serried phalanxes of Greece To battle, rank succeeding rank, each chief Giving command to his own troops.
—HOMER (BRYANT'S TRANSLATION). The Iliad, Book IV.
SUGGESTIONS.— In this example what is the description-motive ? the fundamental quality? What word introduces the first member of the comparison ? the second ?
Exercise
Write a description of the character of a person, using a single comparison or likeness.