SIMILE METAPHOR Fairly thorough list Good US lecture
Metaphor a comparison saying one thing is or was something else. The things being compared must be different. My anger was a hot wind pushing me on.
Metaphor He’s paralyzed, a mouse in front of the yawning maw of a python.
Simile a direct comparison using like or as. The two things being compared must be different. From the airplane window, clouds looked like layers of onion.
Josie and Bess like ice cream. Caroline swims like a fish. The homeless shelter is a beacon of hope. Mark slept like a log. Isaac is as tall as a tree. Mrs. Ray is a coach. LaBria’s voice is velvet. I’ll love you to the moon as long as I live. I like to read. The perfume smells like an outhouse. Our feverish cat was a furnace.
SIMILE Caroline swims like a fish. Mark slept like a log. Isaac is as tall as a tree. The perfume smells like an outhouse. METAPHOR The homeless shelter is a beacon of hope. LaBria’s voice is velvet. Our feverish cat was a furnace.
NOTHING Josie and Bess like ice cream. Mrs. Ray is a coach. I’ll love you to the moon as long as I live. I like to read.