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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 Around the World in Eighty Days
Chapter 9
Explanation and Analysis—City on a Saucer:
As the Mongolia sails to Bombay in Chapter 9, Passepartout is excited to see Mocha, a port city in Yemen. The narration uses a simile to describe his impression of it:
Passepartout was ravished to behold this celebrated place, and thought that, with its circular walls and dismantled fort, it looked like an immense coffee cup and saucer.
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Chapter 11
Explanation and Analysis—Fast News:
In Chapter 11, the train to Calcutta suddenly stops because the track has run out. To explain how Fogg was misinformed about the track running all the way across India, the narration uses a simile comparing newspapers to watches that sometimes run fast:
Unlock with LitCharts A+The papers were like some watches, which have a way of getting too fast, and had been premature in their announcement of the completion of the line.
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