Some great examples of the misuse of literary devices. Here is a taste:
He spoke with the 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, WashingtonShe caught your eye like one of those pointy hook latches that used to dangle from screen doors and would fly up whenever you banged the door open again.
Rich Murphy, Fairfax StationThe little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn’t.
Russell Beland, SpringfieldMcBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty Bag filled with vegetable soup.
Paul Sabourin, Silver SpringHer eyes were like two brown circles with big black dots in the center.
Russell Beland, SpringfieldHer vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.
UnknownHe was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree.
Jack Bross, Chevy ChaseThe hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease.
Gary F. Hevel, Silver SpringJohn and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met.
Russell Beland, SpringfieldThe red brick wall was the color of a brick-red Crayola crayon.
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