Editing Stylistic device (section)

===Simile===
The easiest stylistic device to identify is a [[simile]], signaled by the use of the words "like" or "as". A simile is a comparison used to attract the reader's attention and describe something in descriptive terms.
:'''Example: '''"From up here on the fourteenth floor, my brother Charley looks ''like'' an insect scurrying among other insects." (from "Sweet Potato Pie," Eugenia Collier)
:'''Example: '''The beast had eyes as big ''as'' baseballs and teeth as long ''as'' knives.
:'''Example: '''She put her hand to the boy's head, which was steaming ''like'' a hot train.