: Re: Ways of presenting a metaphor/simile/analogy This is something I wrote (adult content—and very bad description of sex): Strangely, it didn't feel much like sex. I felt we were just exchanging

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You can use other indicators other than "as if" and "like" e.g. "akin to". Since it's first person, you can also say, "reminding me of".

Another technique is to omit those words, and write it as if it were literal; the reader will pick up the metaphor. For example, "It was a strange sensation, drifting, falling, sucked into a dark void, blending with it, losing myself in it." Or, "We remained like that for a while, holding each other naked in the dark, two newborn infants gazing at the world with fresh eyes."

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