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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
Chapter 21. Flight
Explanation and Analysis—Frogs Like Rubber Toys:
Having lathered cream across her body, turned invisible, and taken to the skies, Margarita soars to the outskirts of the city and makes her landing along a riverbank. She receives a queen’s treatment at the end of Chapter 21, in a description including a simile:
Under the willow branches, hung with tender, fluffy tassels clearly visible in the moonlight, sat two rows of fat-jowled frogs. Blowing themselves up like rubber toys, they played a bravura march on wooden pipes.
