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Definition of Simile
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things. To make the comparison, similes most often use the connecting words "like" or "as," but can also... read full definition
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things. To make the comparison, similes most often use the connecting words "like... read full definition
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things. To make the comparison, similes most often... read full definition
Key Examples in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Chapter 4 - The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill
Explanation and Analysis—Serpents and Skyrockets:
Similes help the reader visualize the many fantastical scenes in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Carroll uses them to make sense of otherwise crazy occurrences. For example, in Chapter 4, Alice encounters a lizard named Bill:
Well I hardly know—No more, thank ye; I’m better now—but I’m a deal too flustered to tell you—all I know is, something comes at me like a Jack-in-the-box, and up I go like a sky rocket!”
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Chapter 5 - Advice from a Caterpillar
Explanation and Analysis—Serpents and Skyrockets:
Similes help the reader visualize the many fantastical scenes in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Carroll uses them to make sense of otherwise crazy occurrences. For example, in Chapter 4, Alice encounters a lizard named Bill:
Unlock with LitCharts A+Well I hardly know—No more, thank ye; I’m better now—but I’m a deal too flustered to tell you—all I know is, something comes at me like a Jack-in-the-box, and up I go like a sky rocket!”
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