Assertion: simile | /r/HasProperty | literary device
Facets:
value: in a non-literal manner
type: MANNER
value: for symbolic purposes
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Similes are a literary device that compares two similar things using like or the construction of as _____ as.
text: Simile (pronounced sim--uh-lee) is a literary term where you use “like” or “as” to compare two different things and show a common quality between them.
text: A simile is a literary tool or figure of speech used to make a comparison, often for symbolic purposes.
text: Both similes and metaphors are literary devices used by writers to compare two unalike things, ideas, actions, etc. in a non-literal manner.
text: A simile is a literary device, a figure of speech in which a direct comparison of two, unlike items, is used to reveal a much greater meaning:
text: A simile is a literary device which describes something by comparing it to something else, using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.