This was sent to me today by a writer friend...

He always comments on my use of the analogy and metaphor, so these are actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays. Some of these are truly amazing.

--Shots rang out, as shots are wont to do.

--The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike
Phil, this plan just might work.

--Young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not
eating for a while.

--"Oh, Jason, take me!" she panted, her breasts heaving like a
college freshman on $1-a-beer night.

--He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck,
either, but a real duck that was actually lame. Maybe from
stepping on a landmine or something.

--The Ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one
slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.

--It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids with
power tools.

--He was deeply in love when she spoke, he thought he heard
bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up.

--She was as easy as the TV guide crossword.

--Her eyes were like limpid pools, only they had forgotten to put
in any pH cleanser.

--She walked into my office like a centipede with 98 missing
legs.

--Her voice had that tense grating quality, like a generation
thermal paper fax machine that needed a band tightening.

--It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally staple it
to the wall.