Analogies & Metaphors Found in High School Essays
Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its 2
other sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master. -- Sue
Lin Chong, Washington
His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking
alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.
-- Chuck Smith, Woodbridge
He spoke with wisdom that can only come from experience,
like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar
eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it
and now goes around the country speaking at high schools
about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without
one of those boxes with a pinhole in it. -- Joseph Romm,
Washington
Her hair glistened in the rain like nose hair after a
sneeze. -- Chuck Smith, Woodbridge
Her eyes were like two brown circles with big black dots
in the center. -- Russell Beland, Springfield
Bob was as perplexed as a hacker who tried his level best
to access T:flw.quid55328.com\aaakk/ch@ung but got
T:flw.quid55329.com\aaakk/ch@ung by mistake. -- Ken
Krattenmaker, Landover Hills
Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever. -- Barry
Johnson, Richmond
He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree. -- Jack
Bross, Chevy Chase
The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots
when you fry them in hot grease. -- Gary F. Hevel, Silver
Springs
Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two
freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m.
traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at
a speed of 35 mph. -- Jennifer Hart, Arlington
A politician was gone but unnoticed, like the period after
the Dr. on a Dr Pepper can. -- Wayne Goode, Madison
They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with picket
fences that resembled Nancy Kerrigan's teeth. -- Paul Kocak, Syracuse NY
John & Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds
who had also never met. -- Russell Beland, Springfield
The thunder was ominous sounding, much like the sound of a
thin sheet of metal being shaken backstage during the storm scene in a play. -- Barbara Fetherolf, Alexandria
The red brick wall was the color of a brick-red Crayola
crayon. -- Diane Welch, Richmond
He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant and she
was the East River. -- Brian Broadus, Charlottesville
Even in his last years, Grandpappy had a mind like a steel
trap, only one that had been left out in the weather so
long it had rusted shut.-- Sandra Hull, Arlington
The door had been forced, as forced as the dialogue during
the interview portion of "Jeopardy!" -- Jean Sorensen, Herndon
Shots rang out, as shots are wont to do. -- Jerry Pannullo, Kensington
The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But
unlike Phil, this plan just might work. -- Malcolm Fleschner, Arlington
The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from
not eating for a while. -- Malcolm Fleschner, Arlington
"Oh, Jason, take me!" she panted, her breasts heaving like
a college freshman on $1-a-beer night. -- Bonnie Speary
Devore, Gaithersburg
He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck
either, but a real duck that was actually lame. Maybe from
stepping on a land mine or something. -- John Kammer,
Herndon
Her artistic sense was exquisitely refined, like someone
who can tell butter from I Can't Believe It's Not Butter.
-- Barbara Collier, Garrett Park
She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a
dog makes just before it throws up. -- Susan Reese, Arlington
It came down the stairs looking very much like something
no one had ever seen before. -- Marian Carlsson, Lexington
The knife was as sharp as the tone used by Rep. Sheila
Jackson Lee (D-Tex.) in her first several points of
parliamentary procedure made to Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.)
in the House Judiciary Committee hearings on the
impeachment of President William Jefferson Clinton. -- J.
F. Knowles, Springfield
The ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one
slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant. --
Jennifer Hart, Arlington
The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of his wife's infidelity came as a
rude shock, like a surcharge at a formerly surcharge-free ATM. -- Paul J. Kocak, Syracuse
The dandelion swayed in the gentle breeze like an
oscillating electric fan set on medium. -- Bill Johnson, Alexandria
It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids
around with power tools. -- Brian Broadus, Charlottesville
He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard
bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up. -- Susan
Reese, Arlington
She was as easy as the "TV Guide" crossword. -- Tom Witte,
Gaithersburg
Her eyes were like limpid pools, only they had forgotten
to put in any pH cleanser. -- Chuck Smith, Woodbridge
She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli and he
was room-temperature Canadian beef. -- Brian Broadus,
Charlottesville
She walked into my office like a centipede with 98 missing
legs. -- Jonathan Paul, Garrett Park
Her voice had that tense, grating quality, like a first-
generation thermal paper fax machine that needed a band
tightened. -- Sue Lin Chong, Washington
It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally
staple it to the wall. -- Brian Broadus, CharlottesvilleThanks so much
