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It defines simile as comparing one thing to another different thing to create vivid or emphatic descriptions, with an example from literature. It explains metaphor by directly identifying one thing as another for rhetorical effect, contrasting it with simile’s use of “like” or “as,” and provides Shakespeare’s example. 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