A simile is a figure of speech and type of metaphor that compares two different things using the words “like” or “as.” So in this case, it is not only used in a short story.
A simile is a figure of speech and type of metaphor that compares two different things using the words “like” or “as.” The purpose of a simile is to help describe one thing by comparing it to another thing that is perhaps seemingly unrelated.
