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An example of simile and metaphor in popular science writing:
"Memory is tricky and notoriously unreliable, but it has its physical place too. Memories hide in the hippocampus and then get uploaded for long-term storage as if to a friable file cabinet corroded by rust and holes."
Lauren Slater
Slater, L. (2018). The Drugs That Changed Our Minds. Simon & Schuster.
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