Categories: Comparisons
An example of simile (and metaphor) in popular science writing"
"The Kupffer cells hang around like spiders on the walls of the blood vessels waiting to catch any red blood cells which have passed their best before date (typically 120 days)."
Catherine Carver
Carver, C. (2017). Immune. How your body defends and protects you. Bloomsbury Sigma.
Read about examples of science similes
Many examples of science similes are listed in 'Creative Comparisons: Making Science Familiar through Language. An illustrative catalogue of figurative comparisons and analogies for science concepts'. Free Download.
