〜ように

so that / like

ように has several uses, gathered here: "so that" (a goal), "like" or "as" (a comparison), reporting a request, and wishes.

Readings

How to form it

"So that": dictionary or ない form + ように: 聞(き)こえるように話(はな)す (speak so you can be heard). See 〜ように (so that).
"Like" or "as": noun + のように, verb + ように: 医者(いしゃ)のように (like a doctor), 言(い)ったように (as I said). See 〜ような / 〜ように.
Reporting a request: ように言(い)う, ように頼(たの)む. See 〜ように言(い)う.
At the end of a sentence, a wish or prayer: 合格(ごうかく)できますように (I hope I pass).

聞(き)こえるように、大(おお)きい声(こえ)で話(はな)す。

I speak loudly so that I can be heard.

彼(かれ)は医者(いしゃ)のように見(み)える。

He looks like a doctor.

Using ように for a goal you reach by a deliberate action of your own, where ために fits: 医者(いしゃ)になるために勉強(べんきょう)する (study to become a doctor).