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Allegory and Simile
Includes questions related the use of symbolic representation and the comparison of unlike things.
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What is Boiling frog allegory?
Supposedly if you put a frog into a pot of boiling water it will jump out. However if you put a frog in a pot of cool water and then slowly heat it until it boils, the frog will not become aware of the threat until it is too late.
Don't you mean simile? A simile is a comparison using like or as. ie:She is like a jackrabbit when she dances.
An elephant's tusk is like a spear is an example of simile.
What are examples of similes for something valuable?
As valuable as children, as valuable as life, as valuable as light, as valuable as water, as valuable as money, as valuable as diamonds
What are five examples of similes?
Her hands were as cold as ice.
Alice could run like the wind.
Her father was as bald as a coot.
My feet were as black as coal from walking barefoot in the garden.
A simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind to make a point.
"I need this argument like I need a splitting headache!"
Please give me a general Conclusion of simile?
It's a literary device used to relate or compare two different objects using the words "like" or "as"
examples include: as big as a building
he ate like a bear
Whats a simile to blood was leaking out of them like?
One sentence could be "Blood was leaking out of them like water from a faucet."
A simile is a comparison using like or as.
For Example:
Brave like a lion
Quick as a cheetah
Fierce like a tiger
What is the 'aft' of a sailor's ship?
Its the back. Fore is toward the front (forward) and aft is toward the rear. If something is running "fore and aft" is is parallel to the centerline of the ship. Like the line of masts in a multi-masted ship.
What does it mean to catch the reading bug?
The phrase "to catch the reading bug" is an allegory, which is an example of a rhetorical device. The phrase means to suddenly become enthusiastic about reading.
A simile for the howl of the cold north wind?
The wind was howling like a banshee.
The wind was howling like a wolf, alone in the woods, in the dark of night.
Or maybe like a coyote.
Or like a dog howling when its master dies
Can as if be used in a simile?
no, because a simile is saying as [red] as [a rose], or like [golden honey] and therefore 'as if' wouldn't fit in
What is a simile for associated?
A simile is a figure of speech comparing to unlike things using the word like or as. That being said there is no set simile for associated. Are you trying to ask about a synonym?
What does a falling out among thieves mean?
Dictionary.com says a "falling out" is "a quarrel or estrangement between persons formerly in close association with one another."
"A falling out amongst thieves" is one (whether metaphorical or literal) that could be hazardous to those falling out, as both sides would have potentially harmful information about the other.
For instance, in the example set forth by the phrase, the thieves could turn each other in to the law. Since obviously neither side sees eye-to-eye any longer, both sides must consider that possibility. To take the analogy even further, one side might attempt to forcibly and preemptively prevent the other from doing so, either by turning them in first, or through more violent means.
What sentence should you write for simile using the word invincible?
The word 'invincible' is an adjective, a word used to describe a noun as too powerful to be defeated or overcome.
A 'simile' is a figure of speech that compares one person or thing to another in order to illustrate that person or thing.
Example:
Her invincible cheerfulness is like a ray of sunshine wherever she goes.
