Education English | Simile | According to Wren and Martin (1979:489), simile makes a comparison
between two objects of different kinds which have at least one point in common and it is us usually use words as like, as or so. The examples of simile according to Wren and Martin are:
a. Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found”.
b. He fought like a lion.
c. The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree”.
Meanwhile, Etherton (1973:208) states that in a simile a comparison is made between persons or two things of different kinds and it is just introduced by like or as. There are other examples of simile according to Etherton, include:
a. The centre-forward charged down the field like some mad elephant hurtling through a clump of bamboo”.
b. It was a big decision to make. He stood there silently for a moment, like a man on the edge of a precipice.
The word “like” or “as” in the all of examples above are simile. “He fought like a lion” is simile because the bravery of „he‟ is directly compared to that as of a „lion‟. Furthermore, “the centre-forward charged down the field like some mad elephant hurtling through a clump of bamboo”, it does not mean that the player is an elephant. He rushes without thinking like the rush of a mad elephant in the jungle. The image of mad elephant is brought in to help the reader to visualize the scene during the game. That word created in the reader‟s mind is more effective than the word is changed become wildly like in this sentence: “The centre-forward charged wildly down the field.
between two objects of different kinds which have at least one point in common and it is us usually use words as like, as or so. The examples of simile according to Wren and Martin are:
a. Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found”.
b. He fought like a lion.
c. The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree”.
Meanwhile, Etherton (1973:208) states that in a simile a comparison is made between persons or two things of different kinds and it is just introduced by like or as. There are other examples of simile according to Etherton, include:
a. The centre-forward charged down the field like some mad elephant hurtling through a clump of bamboo”.
b. It was a big decision to make. He stood there silently for a moment, like a man on the edge of a precipice.
The word “like” or “as” in the all of examples above are simile. “He fought like a lion” is simile because the bravery of „he‟ is directly compared to that as of a „lion‟. Furthermore, “the centre-forward charged down the field like some mad elephant hurtling through a clump of bamboo”, it does not mean that the player is an elephant. He rushes without thinking like the rush of a mad elephant in the jungle. The image of mad elephant is brought in to help the reader to visualize the scene during the game. That word created in the reader‟s mind is more effective than the word is changed become wildly like in this sentence: “The centre-forward charged wildly down the field.
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