Similes in Your Speech Are Like Water in the Desert

He was as phony as a three dollar bill. She grinned like a Cheshire cat. Your mind works like a computer. “Like” and “as” are the typical words of comparison in similes.  Simile is the first rhetorical device in the acronym SCREAM (Simile, Contrast, Rhyme, Echo, Alliteration, and Metaphor).  Use the techniques of SCREAM to […]