analogies & metaphors found in high school essays her face was a perfect oval, like a circle...

Analogies & Metaphors found in high school essaysAnalogies & Metaphors found in high school essays

Her face was a perfect Her face was a perfect oval, oval,

like a circle that had its like a circle that had its two sides gently two sides gently

compressed by a Thigh compressed by a Thigh Master.Master.


His thoughts tumbled in His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and his head, making and

breaking breaking alliances like socks in a alliances like socks in a

dryer without Cling dryer without Cling Free. Free.


He spoke with the wisdom that can He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a who went blind because he looked at a

solar eclipse without one of those solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now boxes with a pinhole in it and now

goes around the country speaking at goes around the country speaking at

high schools about the dangers ofhigh schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one looking at a solar eclipse without one

of those boxes with a pinhole in it.of those boxes with a pinhole in it.


She grew on him like she She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli was a colony of E. coli

and he was room-and he was room-temperature Canadian temperature Canadian

beef. beef.


She had a deep, She had a deep, throaty, genuine throaty, genuine

laugh, like that sound laugh, like that sound a dog makes just a dog makes just

before it throws up. before it throws up.


Her vocabulary was as Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever. bad as, like, whatever.


He was as tall as a six-He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree. foot-three-inch tree.


The little boat gently The little boat gently drifted across the pond drifted across the pond

exactly the exactly the way a bowling ball way a bowling ball

wouldn't.wouldn't.


From the attic came an From the attic came an unearthly howl. The unearthly howl. The whole scene had an whole scene had an

eerie, surreal quality, eerie, surreal quality, like when you're on like when you're on

vacation in another city vacation in another city and Jeopardy comes on and Jeopardy comes on at 7:00 p.m. instead of at 7:00 p.m. instead of

7:30. 7:30.


Her hair glistened in the Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after rain like a nose hair after

a a sneeze. sneeze.


John and Mary had never John and Mary had never met. They were like two met. They were like two hummingbirds who had hummingbirds who had

also never met.also never met.


Even in his last years, Even in his last years, Grandpappy had a mind Grandpappy had a mind

like a steel trap, only like a steel trap, only one that had been left one that had been left

out so long, it had rusted out so long, it had rusted shut.shut.


The plan was simple, like The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. my brother-in-law Phil.

But But unlike Phil, this plan just unlike Phil, this plan just

might work. might work.


The young fighter had a The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind hungry look, the kind

you get from not eating you get from not eating for a while. for a while.


He was as lame as a He was as lame as a duck. Not the duck. Not the

metaphorical lame duck, metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck either, but a real duck that was actually lame. that was actually lame. Maybe from stepping on Maybe from stepping on

a land mine or a land mine or something. something.


He was deeply in love. He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he When she spoke, he

thought he heard bells, thought he heard bells, as if she were a garbage as if she were a garbage

truck backing up. truck backing up.


It hurt the way your It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you tongue hurts after you

accidentally accidentally staple it to the wall.staple it to the wall.

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