Discuss the following cases of simile. Pay attention to the semantics of the tenor and the vehicle, to the brief or sustained manner of their presentation. Indicate the foundation of the simile, both explicit and implicit Find examples of disguised similes, do not miss the link word joining the two parts of the structure: 1. The menu was rather less than a panorama, indeed,
it was as repetitious as a snore. (O. N.)
2. The topic of the Younger Generation spread through
the company like a yawn. (E. W.)
3. Penny-in-the-slot machines stood there like so many
vacant faces, their dials glowing and flickering - for nobody.
(B.N.)
4. As wet as a fish-as dry as a bone;
As live as a bird - as dead as a stone;
As plump as a partridge - as crafty as a rat; As strong as a horse - as weak as a cat;
As hard as a flint - as soft as a mole;
As white as a lily - as black as coal;
As plain as a pike - as rough as a bear;
As tight as a drum - as free as the air;
As heavy as lead - as light as a feather;​

N Novosibirsk there are many attractions: the Novosibirsk state Opera and ballet theater – the largest theater building of Russia, the hundred-apartment house built by the famous architect, Novosibirsk zoo, has a collection of more than 600 species of animals and others.
In my city was born a fighter pilot, the first thrice Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal Alexander Pokryshkin. In the city there is an airport Tolmachevo, it has an international status. In Novosibirsk there are more than 16 operating theatres, it also has many museums, libraries and temples. Very famous is the Novosibirsk stadium "Spartak" – one of the oldest structures in the city.me!
We believe that our city is the most beautiful, the best. There are many interesting people. The city has many parks, he's very young. Every year it becomes more beautiful, more interesting. We hope Novosibirsk will become even better.

It is almost impossible to imagine our life without TV. It plays a great and a very important role in the life of modern man. There is practically no family that doesn't have a TV set. TV is one of the mass media kinds. Radio and newspapers tell us about different events but TV not only tells but also shows. TV has a lot of channels and everybody can watch the programs he likes. Our television suggests various programs: talk show and game show, news and sporting events, about animals and about foreign countries and so on. Soaps-lovers can watch their favorite films almost every day. TV shows us a lot of films of different countries: detective and melodrama, comedy and triller. As former I like to see adventure films, fantasy, comedies. My favorite sporting events programs are about volleyball, swimming, track-and-field athletics and gymnastic. I watch many programs with great interest. These programs are: a wild nature program, "Anshlag", some game shows and so on. There are a lot of films (most of them of foreign TV-companies) with a great number of corpses, with seas of blood now. It's not very good to my mind. I think that one of the aims of TV is to bring up TV-viewers, to cultivate love to our country, kindness and other positive features of character.