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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
Part Four
Explanation and Analysis—A House's Rooms:
Just moments before proposing to destroy the Cootings Machine in Part 4, Klara chats with the Father as they kill time together in the city. When the Father doubts the AF’s abilities to “fully” fathom the heart of a human, Klara challenges his notions with a memorable simile:
‘The heart you speak of,’ I said. ‘It might indeed be the hardest part of Josie to learn. It might be like a house with many rooms. Even so, a devoted AF, given time, could walk through each of those rooms, studying them carefully in turn, until they became like her own home.’
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