Analogies are the coin of the realm for writers. Without the power they have to paint concepts and ideas in the minds of our readers, our novels would read like some boring corporate report.
Analogies are the coin of the realm for writers. Without the power they have to paint concepts and ideas in the minds of our readers, our novels would read like some boring corporate report.
Here are some of the more humorous analogies that high school students have used when writing stories.
* He was as tall as a 6′3″ tree.
* Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master.
* She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.
* The ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.
* Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.
Check out so more at http://frankfiore.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/some-of-the-worstbest-analogies-of-high-school-students/
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