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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
Similes
Explanation and Analysis—A Church After a Service:
After the narrator's uncle delays him from being able to make it to the Araby market on time, the narrator finally arrives and uses a simile to describe the quiet atmosphere that he finds there:
I found myself in a big hall girdled at half its height by a gallery. Nearly all the stalls were closed and the greater part of the hall was in darkness. I recognised a silence like that which pervades a church after a service.
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Explanation and Analysis—Fingers on a Harp:
As the narrator finds new ways to describe the intensity of his infatuation with his friend Mangan’s sister, he uses a simile to compare his body to an instrument that she plays:
Unlock with LitCharts A+But my body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.
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