
Similes and Metaphors in Descriptive Writing
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- Q1Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing , wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him made his eyes red and his thin lips blue as the Arctic ocean. Dickens uses the simile "solitary as an oyster" to describe Mr. Scrooge to show:he lived near the seathat he lived alonehe was very stronghe was a miser120s
- Q2The phrase "hard and sharp" as flint is an example of ametaphoralliterationsimilepersonification120s
- Q3The simile " thin lips blue as the Arctic Ocean" suggests thathe had just visited the oceanhe was angryhe was extremely coldhis lips were painted120s
- Q4Why does the writer use similes and metaphors in the passage?They give added details about the story.They create a vivid picture of the character Scrooge.They add rhythm.They make it longer.120s
- Q5Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing , wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him made his eyes red and his thin lips blue as the Arctic ocean. Dickens uses the simile "solitary as an oyster" to describe Mr. Scrooge to show:he was a miserhe lived near the seathat he lived alonehe was very strong120s