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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 The Life of Olaudah Equiano
Chapter 2
Explanation and Analysis—Sheep in a Fold:
In Chapter 2, Equiano finds himself on a terrifying voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in the company of other Africans who have been kidnapped and enslaved. When they arrive in Barbados, he uses a smile comparing himself and the others to sheep:
We were conducted immediately to the merchant’s yard, where we were all pent up together like so many sheep in a fold, without regard to sex or age.
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