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timepiececlock) wrote2008-01-16 10:13 pm
timepiececlock) wrote2008-01-16 10:13 pm
Repost: Analogies and Metaphors Found in High School Essays
Skimming old entries, found this list that still amuses me.
23 Analogies and Metaphors Found in High School Essays
Samples:
8. The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a formerly surcharge-free ATM.
14. Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph.
21. The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while.
23 Analogies and Metaphors Found in High School Essays
Samples:
8. The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a formerly surcharge-free ATM.
14. Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph.
21. The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while.