On Other Patterns of Simile and Its Usage

Simile is one form of metaphor in English figure of speech.Except for the basic patternA is like A is as…as B,there exists other five simile patterns:(1) subjunctive pattern.Unlike so…that which occcasionally acts as metaphor item,as if or as though are frequently used as metaphor items in this pattern.(2) thatpattern.Sentence patterns areA is to B C is to D and what C is to D,A is to B.By puttingwhat claucein front of the sentence,the first sentence pattern can be changed into the second one.(3)thanpattern.(4)verb pattern.(5)andpattern.This pattern is often used in proverb,and acts as like.As a very common figure of speech,simlie is often used in advertisement and scientific and technical expositions.In advertisement,simile can vividly descibe features and usages of products.In scientific and technical expositions,simile can expound abstract concept in simple language and make it easily be understood by readers.