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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 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Act 1
Explanation and Analysis—A Couple of Cardsharps:
In Act 1, Maggie uses a simile to describe Gooper and Mae's behavior at Big Daddy's birthday party:
I want you to know that Brother Man an' his partner never once, for one moment, stopped exchanging pokes an' pinches an' kicks an' signals!—Why, they were like a couple of cardsharps fleecing a sucker.
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