Anonymous Which is better to use. Similes or metaphors It depends on your audience. Metaphors are conceptually more complex, so if you're writing a story for children, it might turn out that similes are better.
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Anonymous Which is better to use. Similes or metaphorsIt depends on your audience. Metaphors are conceptually more complex, so if you're writing a story for children, it might turn out that similes are better. There is nothing inherently better about one or the other.