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Compare and contrast metaphors and similes and their purposes.

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Both are literary devices used to compare things. A simile uses the words "like "or "as" in the comparison while a metaphor does not.

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Both are literary devices used to compare things. A simile uses the words "like "or "as" in the comparison while a metaphor does not.
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