Tag: simile

Jennifer Manuel #002: Pathos and simile in SILENT E !

Nov 13, 2013

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Ace Baker

in choose your weapon, fancy footwork, fiction, knockout idea, power punch, short stories, Uncategorized, writing technique

After my analysis of Jennifer Manuel’s award-winning story, “The Woman in the Box with the Baby,” Jennifer wrote and tweeted to tell me she was pleased with what I had to say about her work –whew! She also e-mailed me a copy of another award-winning tale of hers, “Silent E,” a story that earned…
Sara Dailey #004: Hard and soft similes

Jun 27, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fancy footwork, fiction, nonfiction, novels, short stories, writing technique

I was always taught that similes are gentler than metaphors. You know–use simile in a Valentine’s Day card to your girlfriend; use metaphor for your angstiest emo poetry. Clearly, Sara Dailey didn’t get that lesson. First, look at the hard-hitting simile she works into her story, “The Memory Train”: Like the soul, a migraine…
TC Boyle Week #3–Smile with similes!

Jun 11, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fancy footwork, fiction, short stories, writing technique

A simile is a comparison of UNLIKE items, using the words “like” or “as” to do so. Today, I’m going to give you the beginnings of three similes T. C. Boyle uses in his short story, “The Night of the Satellite.” Try this: First, think of how YOU might end each of these comparisons. Then,…