Metaphors and Similes: hints and tips

What are Metaphors and Similes?
Metaphors and similes are great tools to help the reader relate to a subject or object by comparing it to another object with a common feature. When an object is said to “be” another, this is a metaphor, and when an object is said to be “like” or “as” another, this is a simile.

Shakespeare was fond of metaphors and similes. “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players” is a metaphor. “Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night, like a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear” is a simile.