Categories: Comparisons
An example of a simile in popular science writing:
"[Helen] Mayberg's sense of Area 25 is that it's like a 'junction box' for the parts of the brain that work together to mitigate the effects of negative mood and depression."
Lauren Slater
Slater, L. (2018). The Drugs That Changed Our Minds. Simon & Schuster.
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