~のような (〜の様な), usually written in kana, means "like, similar to"; compare to ~ようだ [youda] meaning "seeming to be, appearing to be" and usually written at sentence-end, and 〜ように [youni]* meaning "in order to (e.g. meet goal), so that". *〜ように [youni] at the end of a sentence indicates hope, wish, request or mild command.