Similes have been used throughout history, both in everyday speech and as literary devices in poetry, novels and plays. Similes can create vivid images in a piece of writing, or they can add color ...

Don't confuse similes with metaphors. 'The snake moved like a ripple on a pond.' 'It was as slippery as an eel.' 'Jess is as graceful as a gazelle.' In her poem George Square, Jackie Kay describes ...