413 search results for "simile"

The Hound of the Baskervilles

…the Baskervilles, is Devonshire and London, England. Simile: The novel shows good use of various similes as given in the below examples, i. Over the green squares of the fields…

Robinson Crusoe

…adjectives. As far as the devices are concerned, the author is dexterous in the use of metaphors and extended similes along with rhetorical devices of pathos, ethos, and logos. The…

The Importance of Being Earnest

…London, the capital of the United Kingdom. Simile: The play shows good use of various similes as given in the examples below, i. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit;…

I’M NOBODY! WHO ARE YOU?

…Nobody! Who are you? Are you—Nobody—Too??” Simile: It is a device Used to compare something with something else to make the meanings clear to the readers. Emily used this device…

The Fish

…release of the fish, while “the hook about winning” stands for medals. Simile: It is a device used to compare something with something else to make the meanings clear to…

Catch-22

…is Pianosa, an island in the Mediterranean. Simile: The novel shows excellent use of various similes. A few examples are given below, i. She was built like a dream and…

Candide

…land of Eldorado, while the real world comprises France, Turkey, and Venice. Simile: The novel shows excellent use of various similes such as, i. We set sail on a local…

Death of a Salesman

…is Willy Loman’s house, his yard, and other places he visits in Boston and New York. Tone: The tone of the text is somber, serious, melancholic, and tragic. Simile: The…

The Handmaid’s Tale

…now called the Republic of Gilead. Simile: The novel shows excellent use of various similes such as, i. The pregnant woman’s belly is like a huge fruit. Humungous, word of…

Gulliver’s Travels

…all the whole Western culture during the early 18th Setting: The setting of the text is some islands and lands that Gulliver visits during his different voyages. Simile: The book…

Brave New World

Simile: The novel shows good use of various similes as given in the below examples, i. The tropical sunshine lay like warm honey on the naked bodies of children tumbling…

The Jungle

…is Packingtown, the suburb of Chicago. Simile: The novel shows good use of various similes as given in the below examples, i. The sweat starts out on his forehead, and…

Winter Night: Edinburgh

…symbolic meanings that are different from literal meanings. The poem shows the use of symbols lights and colors to show the activities of city life. Simile: The poem shows the…

A Separate Peace

…(Chapter -6) These examples show the use of repetitions such as “dead”, “count” and “something.” Simile: The novel shows good use of various similes in the following sentences, i. It…

The Cloud

…fresh showers for the thirsting flowers”, “I am the daughter of Earth and Water” and “I silently laugh at my own cenotaph.” Simile: It is a device used to compare…

The Great Storm

…and a life of its own. Simile: It is a device used to compare something with something else to make the meanings clear to the readers. Jo has used this…

10 Best Poems About Love

…being proverbial in some stanzas, this short poem with four stanzas is declared one of the best love poems from Scotland. Using a beautiful simile that has become universal, Burns…

10 Best Emily Dickinson Poems

…the sweetest fruit of one’s toil. She has used beautiful similes, metaphors and even paradoxes to bring the readers to her point that success won through hard and tough struggle…