My friend found the linguistic terms she was looking for. Batya Shiloh Musingsme-ander The Eye of the Storm the muse's pics Blog Free! Subject: I found the names of the simile parts To: "Batya" <shilohmuse@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Saturday, January 31, 2009, 11:47 PM They're called the target and the base. Shavua Tov, Miryam ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------