The purpose of this simile is to give compares but it is also length. The information concerns the length of a good speech. This simile _________the __________ of a speech to the ___________ of a woman’s skirt: long enough to cover the __________ (the important things) but short enough to be ____________. It is fun because it compares two very different things but the comparison is true. The total effect is to get a better understanding from both the picture image and the _____ points of view.