Define simile and give an example from a poem or a story.

Define simile and give an example from a poem or a story.

A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words "like" or "as" to create a vivid and imaginative comparison. It helps to enhance the reader's understanding and create a more engaging and descriptive image.

Example from a poem:
In William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, Juliet compares Romeo to a rose in Act 2, Scene 2:
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."

Example from a story:
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, the narrator Nick Carraway describes Jay Gatsby's smile as follows:
"It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced, or seemed to face, the whole external world for an instant and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself."