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Purpose: A comparison between 2 things that helps the author explain a concept by connecting what the audience already knows to something that’s less familiar. Can also help to persuade the audience to agree with something by comparing it to something similar that they already agree with.

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Simile is a rhetorical device used to compare two things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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