An example of simile in popular science writing:
"Meteorites that are suspected to have been knocked off Mars bring with them Martian atmospheric gases they trapped within their rock structure when they formed. When these samples are cracked open in laboratories on Earth, the gases trapped inside can be measured and their composition and abundance compared with the measurements made in space – like a sort of 'fingerprinting'."
Natalie Starkey
Starkey, N. (2018). Catching Stardust. Comets, asteroids and the birth of the solar system. Bloomsbury Sigma.
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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.
