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<span>A long, elaborate comparison between two dissimilar actions or object
They are also called Homeric Similes because they were common in the Iliad. You take something that's familiar and compare it with something that's unfamiliar, and it seems weird at first but then you notice that there are parallels and that the simile makes sense. </span>
<span>A) My mother and I are extremely close, but we fight occasionally</span>
