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☆☆☆☆☆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 dissimilar otherwise.
A simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another of a different kind, as a description using the words like or as. (ex: like a rolling stone, as quick as a flash)
Other Examples:
- He is as sneaky as a fox.
- My mom and dad were acting like teenagers!
- She is like a beautiful flower starting to bloom.
- He ran across the desert, looking almost like a road runner.
The present participle of "dangle" is "dangling"; its past participle is "dangled."
I must confess that I am absolutely unsure: Oxymoron
Address whatever literary analysis you will be doing in the essay
An awkward modifier is a modifier that interrupts the flow of the sentence. =]
A modifier that interrupts the flow of the sentence
A tragic flaw
Dangling Participle
The NWSA stands for the National Woman Suffrage Association.
[]Question what you see
[]Refuse to endorse or participate in negative representation []Make your opinions heard
[x]All of the above
With a thesis statement in a persuasive you give your reasons why the readers should be on your side. So for example if you were doing a persuasive essay on banning of cigarettes then you would say your position and following would be your reasons why.
Anne O'hare McCormick
it could get ripped off of its foundations and fly about in the wind
The purpose of the Double V Campaign was for African Americans to wage a "double V" campaign that stood for "Victory from without," over the Axis powers and, "Victory from within" the United States, to end discrimination.
League of Women Voters Apex
Nagg and Nell are Hamm's parents.
The part of your essay's introduction that is designed to grab your reader's attention
Comma splice
The SUV is definitely the way to go.
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Rephrasing a thesis.
