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Compare and contrast metaphors and similes and their purposes.

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Metaphors don’t use like and as while similes do they both r term used to compare and contrast unlike terms
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Similes and metaphors are both forms of figurative language used to compare two subjects. Similes use "like" or "as". Example: "Her smile was like a gift from heaven." Metaphors don't use either. Example: "She had the heart of a lion."

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