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What is the meaning of 'simile'?

A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things,for example, "her cheeks are like roses" or "his heart is hard as stone".A simile is a figure of speech involvin… (MORE)

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What are sentences with similes?

1. He marched off to class like a soldier on a mission. 2. Her smile was as bright as the sun. 3. The puddle seemed as big as the ocean. 4. When she gets embarrassed, he… (MORE)

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What is a simile for bewildered?

I was bewildered as an unsuspecting cat attacked by a sea of bath water. (Hyperbolic, metaphor, simile, personification) Walking through the forest, I was bewildered by the s… (MORE)

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What is a simile?

A simile is when you compare the characteristics of two things by using like or as. You are saying that one thing has characteristics of another, although they may be dissimil… (MORE)

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In The Outsiders

Where is there a simile in The Outsiders?

"He's got eyes that are like two pieces of pale blue-green ice." pg.6 Sodapop says, "You're bleedin' like a stuck pig" "They were all as tough as nails and looked it." pg.9 "W…hether that was because Steve was so good with cars or because Soda attracted girls like honey draws flies." pg.9 "He had an elfish face,with high cheekbones and a pointed chin, small, sharp animal teeth, and ears like a lynx." pg.10 Here, the eye was first attracted to a black, bat-like creature that danced on the sand, and only later perceived the body above it. The bat was the child's shadow. Pg. 20 Ponyboy says that Soda bawled like a baby. Soda was said to be the "cry baby" of the Greasers, the one who wore his emotions on sleeve.pg 98 when some of the Greasers visit Johnny, he is sleeping and Ponyboy notices that Johnny looks died, like a candle with the flame gone. His face showed no signs of life.pg 148 Ponyboy comments about how Darry flexes his muscles in a way that made them look like oversized baseballs. Pg 105 They were all as tough as nails…Pony is describing the Socs that attacked him, comparing their toughness to iron or steel. Ch.1 ... he looked like some Greek god come to earth . Pony is comparing Soda's good looks to that of a god.Ch.1 "So I sat there like a bump on a log" ch.1"He's got eyes that are like two pieces of pale blue-green ice." pg.6 Sodapop says, "You're bleedin' like a stuck pig" "They were all as tough as nails and looked it." pg.9 "Whether that was because Steve was so good with cars or because Soda attracted girls like honey draws flies." pg.9 "He had an elfish face,with high cheekbones and a pointed chin, small, sharp animal teeth, and ears like a lynx." pg.10 Here, the eye was first attracted to a black, bat-like creature that danced on the sand, and only later perceived the body above it. The bat was the child's shadow. Pg. 20 Ponyboy says that Soda bawled like a baby. Soda was said to be the "cry baby" of the Greasers, the one who wore his emotions on sleeve.pg 98 when some of the Greasers visit Johnny, he is sleeping and Ponyboy notices that Johnny looks died, like a candle with the flame gone. His face showed no signs of life.pg 148 Ponyboy comments about how Darry flexes his muscles in a way that made them look like oversized baseballs. Pg 105 They were all as tough as nails…Pony is describing the Socs that attacked him, comparing their toughness to iron or steel. Ch.1 ... he looked like some Greek god come to earth . Pony is comparing Soda's good looks to that of a god.Ch.1 "So I sat there like a bump on a log" ch.1 (MORE)

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In Allegory and Simile

What is a simile for tired?

As tired as the wings of a bird As tired as a worn-out shoe As tired as a one-armed paper hanger As tired as an ox [after a full day's work in the fields] As tired as bears du… (MORE)

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What is simile?

A simile is a figure of speech that indirectly compares two different things by employing the words "like", "as", or "than". Even though similes and metaphors are both forms o… (MORE)

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What is a simile for as wet as a?

As wet as a fish As wet as a drowned rat As wet as a soaking sponge

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What does a simile have?

A simile is a form of figurative language in which you compare to things using the words "like" or "as." They ran as fast as cheetahs. She was as filthy as a pig fr… (MORE)

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A simile for falling?

How about "fell like a leaf made of iron: tumbling end-over-end rapidly to the ground"? If not, you could try "as if the ground was stretching out towards him/her/it, gr… (MORE)