Question

simile He particularly liked the simile he'd thought of for the last line of the song's chorus, “It felt like a bullet in his heart.” simile*

Accepted Answer

A figure of speech, introduced by Fiction, poetry, and philosophy have been full of similes for centuries. In fact, the oldest literature known to us uses similes, along with their close relatives known as metaphors (see metaphorical). This suggests that similes are an essential part of imaginative writing in all times and all cultures. When Tennyson, describing an eagle, writes “And like a thunderbolt he falls,” he's using a simile, since the line makes a specific comparison. “The road was a ribbon of moonlight” could be called a metaphor, though “The road was like a ribbon of moonlight” would be a simile

word	simile
definition	A figure of speech, introduced by
eg_sentence	He particularly liked the simile he'd thought of for the last line of the song's chorus, “It felt like a bullet in his heart.”
explanation	Fiction, poetry, and philosophy have been full of similes for centuries. In fact, the oldest literature known to us uses similes, along with their close relatives known as metaphors (see metaphorical). This suggests that similes are an essential part of imaginative writing in all times and all cultures. When Tennyson, describing an eagle, writes “And like a thunderbolt he falls,” he's using a simile, since the line makes a specific comparison. “The road was a ribbon of moonlight” could be called a metaphor, though “The road was like a ribbon of moonlight” would be a simile
IPA	simile*

Simile Line Road Ribbon Moonlight Figure Speech Introduced