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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
Book 1, Chapter 6: The Heat-Ray in the Chobham Road
Explanation and Analysis—Sheep:
The War of the Worlds displays little compassion for the masses who flee London after the Martian invasion. The presence of the Martians is traumatic for the entire population, but the narrator rarely shows sympathy for those around him. In Book 1, Chapter 6, he compares them to sheep using a simile:
‘They’re coming!’ a woman shrieked, and incontinently everyone was turning and pushing at those behind, in order to clear their way to Woking again. They must have bolted as blindly as a flock of sheep.
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