Simile: Associativities and informations about the keyword simile

Amount of texts to »simile«	13, and there are 11 texts (84.62%) with a rating above the adjusted level (-3)
Average lenght of texts	151 Characters
Average Rating	1.846 points, 5 Not rated texts
First text	on Jul 1st 2001, 23:55:20 wrote passivity about simile
Latest text	on Jun 21st 2007, 08:07:44 wrote dsfds about simile
Some texts that have not been rated at all (overall: 5)	on May 15th 2004, 05:48:03 wrote zahra mohammadi about simile on Apr 13th 2002, 01:27:48 wrote veronica peeples about simile on Jun 5th 2002, 20:34:42 wrote amontg about simile

Texts to »Simile«

Jean-Claude Choul wrote on Mar 14th 2002, 03:37:31 about

Simile is one of the most common tools of connectedness, readily available with syntactic schemata, such as »(X is) as Y as Z« – as cold as ice, and »X Verb like Y« – his face shone like the sun. It is traditionally considered as the first step to metaphor (»a sea of arms«, »oceans of room«). Both are instances of analogy. The keyword here is figurative. »She is as cold as ice« could be construed as »She's been dead for some time«. Most metaphors can be explained by resorting to the simile structure, but some will require a »linking statement«, especially if they are old or have been completely lexicalized, such as the teeth of a comb or »stiff« for a dead body. Resemblance is not a mandatory condition, since only one predicated feature is used for comparison. Other considerations are often involved, such as abstract/concrete and animate/inanimate. Metaphors contribute to polysemy.

passivity wrote on Jul 1st 2001, 23:57:28 about

...in his travels, he was bouncing about the islands like a ballbearing in a bathroom.

passivity wrote on Jul 1st 2001, 23:58:43 about

...she has the sense of direction of a bunch of firecrackers.

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