Read the passage from "An Essay on Man.” And to their proper operation still
Ascribe all Good, to their improper, Ill.

Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul;
Reason's comparing balance rules the whole.

In the passage, Pope uses

parallelism in the line “And to their proper operation still.”
antithesis in the line “Ascribe all Good; to their improper, Ill.”
parallelism in the line “Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul.”
antithesis in the line “Reason’s comparing balance rules the whole.”

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the use of “as” in the example to draw the resemblance. some more examples of common similes are given below. common examples of simile. our soldiers are as brave as lions. her cheeks are red like a rose. he is as funny as a monkey. the water well was as dry as a bone. he is as cunning as a fox. simile introduces vividness into what we say.

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