Comparisons and gender
Hi Friends/Masters,
She looked as happy as a monk meditating upon his favorite god.
Can comparisons like this be made? She is a woman, but the monk is a man. Or should gender be the same while comparing?
Thanks,
Ellie
Top answer
It is a near-perfect simile. Simile is used as a literary device to assert similarity with the help of like or as, which are language constructs that establish equivalency. A proper simile creates an explicit comparison between two things that are different enough from each other such that their comparability appears unlikely.
- It is a near-perfect simile.
- Simile is used as a literary device to assert similarity with the help of like or as, which are language constructs that establish equivalency.
- A proper simile creates an explicit comparison between two things that are different enough from each other such that their comparability appears unlikely.
- net/simile/
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It is a near-perfect simile.
Simile is used as a literary device to assert similarity with the help of like or as, which are language constructs that establish equivalency. A proper simile creates an explicit comparison between two things that are different enough from each other such that their comparability appears unlikely.
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