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Simile Comparison

Simile Comparison is a rhetorical device used in academic discourse to explicitly juxtapose two distinct entities using connective terms such as "like" or "as," thereby highlighting specific similarities while maintaining conceptual separation.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Beyond literal similarity.

Andrew Ortony · Psychological Review · 1979 · 634 citations · Full text

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On the Relation Between Metaphor and Simile: When Comparison Fails

Sam Glucksberg, Catrinel Haught · Mind & Language · 2006 · 332 citations

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Reversibility, Aptness, and the Conventionality of Metaphors and Similes

Dan Chiappe, John M. Kennedy, Tim Smykowski · Metaphor and Symbol · 2003 · 136 citations

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Multiple-Correspondence Similes in the <i>Aeneid</i>

David West · The Journal of Roman Studies · 1969 · 113 citations

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Beyond literal similarity.

Andrew Ortony · Psychological Review · 1979 · 102 citations

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Authors

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  1. AO
    Andrew Ortony

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    2 publications · 736 citations

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  2. TV
    Tony Veale

    University College Dublin, Ireland

    2 publications · 70 citations

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  3. CH
    Catrinel Haught

    Rider University, United States

    2 publications · 362 citations

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  4. VN
    Vlad Niculae

    Cornell University, United States

    2 publications · 65 citations

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  5. DF
    David Fishelov

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    2 publications · 65 citations

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Institutions

30

  1. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    108 citations

  2. Corpus Christi College

    Vancouver, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    67 citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    134 citations

  4. University of Bucharest

    Bucharest, Romania

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  5. Manchester College

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  6. Czech Academy of Sciences

    Prague, Czechia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  7. Google (United States)

    Mountain View, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    108 citations

  8. Birmingham City University

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

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Venues

  1. Metaphor and Symbol

    4 publications · 240 citations

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  2. Psychological Review

    2 publications · 736 citations

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  3. Review of Cognitive Linguistics

    2 publications · 73 citations

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  4. Metaphor and Symbolic Activity

    2 publications · 67 citations

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  5. Poetics Today

    2 publications · 75 citations

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