Explaning a simile

1. For explaining why a statement is a simile, use the following formula:

        There is comparison between

          _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ using ‘like’     or ‘as’.

2. For explaining why a simile is effective, use the following formula:

        Just as _ _ _, so does / is _ _ _.

E.g. The girl is like a butterfly.     

There is a comparison between a girl and a butterfly, using like.

Just as a butterfly is dainty, beautiful and fragile, so is the girl.