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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
Similes
Explanation and Analysis—A Chorus of Frogs:
The third-person narrator of "The Rocking-Horse Winner" uses a simile to describe the house's voice:
So Uncle Oscar signed the agreement, and Paul's mother touched the whole five thousand. Then something curious happened. The voices in the house suddenly went mad, like a chorus of frogs on a spring evening.
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