Dictionary of Australian Analogies, Similes, & Idioms: Descriptive, Informative, Audacious in the Extreme - Hardcover

Rowe, Kerrin P.

 
9781490786308: Dictionary of Australian Analogies, Similes, & Idioms: Descriptive, Informative, Audacious in the Extreme
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1490786309 ISBN 13: 9781490786308
Publisher: Trafford Pub, 2018

Synopsis

What is an An-al-o-gy? A similarity between like features of two things which are quite different from each other, on which, a comparison may be based: The Analogy between the heart and a pump. Writers use analogies as a literary technique as a play-on-words or for the purpose of wit or amusement. What is a Simile? A simile is (dictionary form) a figure of speech that makes a comparison showing similarities between two different things, the resemblance is drawn by use of like or as (they are) like two peas in a pod (he is) as a slippery as an eel.

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Publisher
Trafford Pub
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1490786309
ISBN 13 
9781490786308
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
512

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