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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 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Chapter 5
Chapter 16
Explanation and Analysis—The Steamboat:
Just before a steamboat rams into Huck and Jim’s raft on the Mississippi River, separating them, Huck describes the steamboat using a part of similes:
Unlock with LitCharts A+She was a big one, and she was coming in a hurry, too, looking like a black cloud with rows of glow-worms around it; but all of a sudden she bulged out, big and scary, with a long row of wide-open furnace doors shining like red-hot teeth, and her monstrous bows and guards hanging right over us.
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Chapter 29
Explanation and Analysis—Naïve Cons:
While witnessing the duke and the king try to scam unsuspecting people, Huck describes the duke using a simile:
Unlock with LitCharts A+The duke he never let on he suspicioned what was up, but just went a goo-gooing around, happy and satisfied, like a jug that’s googling out buttermilk.
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