there is no "the cat jumped like a basketball player" simile in Tom Sawyer. I checked. that chapter about Tom giving Peter the painkiller is on pages 116-123
The simile "the cat jumped like a Basketball player" is from Chapter 6 of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain. It can be found on page 48 of the Penguin Classics edition.
Depends on how and what you are comparing to with a basketball player. For example. "His lay up was so perfect it was like he the best basketball player ever to make such a shot."
A simile is a word you use to describe something. If it has the word as or like, comparing one thing to another it is a simile. Sentance: The man jumped like a kangaroo. or The man jumped as high as a kangaroo.
I think you mean synonym. A simile is a comparison using like or as. A synonym is two different words having the same meaning. but a synonym for round could be circular. a simile for round could be "The sun is as round as a basketball" Hope this helps!
Offense is like a finely tuned machine, it only works well if all the parts do their job.
A simile.
being of top of the world looking down at everway, cheering for us. only us
A metaphor
It is a simile.
As quick as a wink is a simile. ----
simile its a simile when you use "like"
simile It is an example of a simile (uses like or as). A simile in itself though is a type of metaphor.
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