Here are a few good examples: if you are doing an essay on lets say a character analysis here is a book: Red Scarf Girl here is a clincher sentence to wrap up your paragraph from the examples I gave...
Her hair was as smooth as silk. Completely heartbroken, she cried like a baby. The headache was like a hammer pounding in my brain. He ran like the wind to win the race. The police officer is as...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. (A Tail of Two Cities) "He cometh forth like a flower and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not." "Day unto day uttereth...