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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
Chapter 1: Ragged Dick Is Introduced to the Reader
Explanation and Analysis—Dick's Straw Box:
When describing Dick's makeshift bed, Alger implicitly alludes to the manger where, according to Christian tradition, Jesus Christ was born. In the novel's opening chapter, Alger writes:
His bedchamber had been a wooden box half full of straw, on which the young boot-black had reposed his weary limbs, and slept as soundly as if it had been a bed of down.
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