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

By Kerrin P Rowe

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1490786309
• ISBN13: 9781490786308
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"