What are examples of similes in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?

Answer 1

Some examples of smilies in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone are:

• "You could make out his eyes, glinting like black beetles under all that hair" pg.39
• "...a pile of red rubies as big as glowing coals." pg 57
• "Harry's legs were like lead again..." pg.96
• "It was strange to touch, like water woven into material."

Two similes are:

"It was sitting as still as a statue" - Chapter 1 talking about the cat sitting on the Dursley's garden wall.

"books as large as paving stones" - Chapter 5 describing books in Flourish and Blotts.

Answer 2

"whiter than a skull..."-the very last page (558 in my copy) of Flesh, Blood and Bone.

Answer 3

Well, honey, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is chock-full of similes like a kid in a candy store. For example, J.K. Rowling compares Dumbledore's eyes to "knitting needles" and describes Hagrid's voice as being "as deep as a well." So, if you're looking for some literary flair, just crack open that book and you'll find similes galore.

Answer 4

One example of a simile in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is "He was as pale as a ghost," used to describe a character's complexion. Another example is "It was as cold as ice," to convey the temperature of a room. Similes are figures of speech that compare two unlike things using "like" or "as," adding vivid imagery to the text.

Answer 5

Oh, dude, like, there are a few similes in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, you know? Like when they describe Dumbledore's eyes as twinkling like stars, or when they say the Sorting Hat's voice is like a gentle whisper. It's like comparing stuff without using "like" or "as," you dig? Just little colorful phrases to jazz up the writing, man.

Answer 6

• It was coming - as the Prime Minister had known at the first cough - from the froglike little man wearing a long silver wig who was depicted in a small, dirty oil painting in the far corner of the room.
• The Prime Minister's first, foolish thought was the Rufus Scrimgeour looked rather like an old lion.
• At last, Narcissa hurried up the street named Spinner's End, over which the towering mill chimney seemed to hover like a giant admonitory finger.
• Bellatrix's mouth twisted as though she had taken an unpleasant dose of medicine.
• Bellatrix's astounded face glowed red in the blaze of a third tongue of flame, which shot from the wand, twisted with the others, and bound itself thickly around their clasped hands, like a rope, like a fiery snake.

You are as annoying as voldemort

Answer 7

In Ginny's valentine to Harry, she says

"Eyes as green as a fresh pickled toad,"

and

"Hair as dark as a blackboard."

Answer 8

All the sencentes with "She was like ... " or "...as..." are similes. There are a lot of similes, especially in Harry Potter!

Answer 9

The sword went through the large snake like someone cutting a banana

Answer 10

The sword went through the large snake like cutting a banana

and

the chambers floor was as cold as ice

and

Ron was scared of Spiders like harry is of lord voldemort