How to Use a Metaphor / Simile Hook & Examples of Metaphor / Simile Hooks

...the writing mechanism favored by poets and writers alike.

Often used in poems or poetic devices, metaphors and similes act as hooks and helps your reader think about your message in a different way. They force the reader to make connection. They’ll wonder what you mean and how you can compare two things or why two things are a somehow connected. Taking two things that are entirely disconnected and creating linkage with your message is wildly entertaining.