Simile (si’-mi-lee): An explicit comparison, often (but not necessarily) employing “like” or “as.”
Your breath smells like the River Styx.
Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu).
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Skotison (sko’-ti-son): Purposeful obscurity.
There is no time like the present (if you know what I mean). There’s a lot brewing that will soon come to a boil, or even boil over.
What are we waiting for? Permission from the naked Emperor?
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