similes

Jerry will point out poetic elements of the songs, explain rhythm, similes and metaphors, internal rhymes, clichés, split perspective and different types of rhyme schemes.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026

He describes the scene in similes and metaphors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The Nebraska-born Walz also emanates the positivity of Ted Lasso, a Kansan, minus the stuffed-down crippling depression and the barrage of folksy similes.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2024

If he wanted to describe the smell of coffee, he trained the program with examples and then asked it to generate similes until he found one he liked.

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2023

Though no writer can avoid idioms altogether—they’re part of the English lexicon, just like individual words—good writers reach for fresh similes and metaphors that keep the reader’s sensory cortexes lit up.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker