Assertion: simile | /r/HasProperty | useful
Facets:
value: in speech
type: OTHER
value: as (adjective/adverb)
type: MANNER
value: quite
type: DEGREE
value: for learning and practicing the
type: PURPOSE
value: for making text
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The simile is useful also in speech, but only occasionally, for it is poetic.
text: A simile is a useful way to describe something without using a long list of adjectives.
text: The simile is useful also in speech, but only occasionally, for it is poetic.
text: Because similes are so useful for making text more descriptive, exciting and emphatic, many popular songs use them in abundance.
text: Even though this is a business environment, and not a poetry class, similes and metaphors can be quite useful.
text: Similes are useful for learning and practicing the "... as (adjective/adverb) as ..." and "...