The students were instructed to write a simile using ‘like’ or ‘as’ to compare their best friend to an animal.

In romantic poetry, a simile was most often used to compare a woman’s beauty to one of the wonders of nature.

Deana hated when her boyfriend complimented her with a cheesy simile because she was sick of being as pretty as a peacock.

The teacher taught her students how to form a simile by making them laugh with terrible comparisons like her hair was as curly as a pig’s tail.

Snow White’s entire description is made from a simile for each feature: hair as black as night, skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood.