What kind of literary technique is used in this quote? "Those days are ill-defined in my memory, running together and combining like a fresh watercolor painting left out in the rain."

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Cedric Singleton

9 March, 03:59

What kind of literary technique is used in this quote? "Those days are ill-defined in my memory, running together and combining like a fresh watercolor painting left out in the rain."

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Miriam Douglas · Answer 1

The person above me is correct - this quite indeed uses the literary technique known as simile.

When you are comparing two things using words such as like or as, such as in this example ("like a fresh watercolor painting left out in the rain"), then it is a simile.

Keira Randolph · Answer 2

I think it's a simile