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A2Comparing like with likeTaskComparisons are an important aspect of any language, whether it be colloquialor literary.Make a list of comparisons in English and your language and you will see that itis true that there are similarities between them as well as many differences.Comparing incomparable comparisons might make you reflect more on yourown language.ExamplesBelow, and only to give you some ideas,• are some examples of different types of comparisons:He's as daft as a brush. He's as ugly as sin.He smokes like a chimney.He is so ugly that he makes Quasimodo look pretty.• are some adjectives and verbs which should make you think ofcomparisons in which they appear:blackcleverprettythinto drinkto singto smoketo workbrighthardstronguglyto runto smellto speakto sleep12