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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
Volume 1, Chapter 7
Explanation and Analysis—People and Places:
Characters in Northanger Abbey often use silly similes to describe each other. For instance, in Volume 1, Chapter 7, Thorpe greets his mother by comparing her to a witch:
“Ah, Mother! How do you do?” said he, giving her a hearty shake of the hand. “Where did you get that quiz of a hat? It makes you look like an old witch.
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Volume 1, Chapter 11
Explanation and Analysis—People and Places:
Characters in Northanger Abbey often use silly similes to describe each other. For instance, in Volume 1, Chapter 7, Thorpe greets his mother by comparing her to a witch:
Unlock with LitCharts A+“Ah, Mother! How do you do?” said he, giving her a hearty shake of the hand. “Where did you get that quiz of a hat? It makes you look like an old witch.
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Volume 1, Chapter 13
Explanation and Analysis—Searching for Similes:
The characters in Northanger Abbey explicitly make use of similes in their dialogues. For example, Henry and Thorpe strive for (decidedly insulting) similes to describe Catherine. In Volume 1, Chapter 14, Henry teases Catherine about her ignorance:
Unlock with LitCharts A+If we proceed to particulars, and engage in the never-ceasing inquiry of ‘Have you read this?’ and ‘Have you read that?’ I shall soon leave you as far behind me as—what shall I say?—I want an appropriate simile;—as far as your friend Emily herself left poor Valancourt when she went with her aunt into Italy.
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Volume 1, Chapter 14
Explanation and Analysis—Searching for Similes:
The characters in Northanger Abbey explicitly make use of similes in their dialogues. For example, Henry and Thorpe strive for (decidedly insulting) similes to describe Catherine. In Volume 1, Chapter 14, Henry teases Catherine about her ignorance:
Unlock with LitCharts A+If we proceed to particulars, and engage in the never-ceasing inquiry of ‘Have you read this?’ and ‘Have you read that?’ I shall soon leave you as far behind me as—what shall I say?—I want an appropriate simile;—as far as your friend Emily herself left poor Valancourt when she went with her aunt into Italy.
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