Taking into account that a simile is a literary device used to compare two unlike things, the following examples provide a clear use of this resource in Shakespeare's masterpiece "Hamlet" (act three scene one):
King Claudios: <em>"For we have closely sent for Hamlet hither,
that he, </em><em>as </em><em>'twere by accident, may here affront Ophelia." </em>
Ophelia: "...<em>words of so sweet breath composed </em><em>as</em><em> made the things more rich..."</em>
Words such as "like" or "as" help the reader identify the use of this figurative speech.
Answer:
the introduction paragraph
Explanation:
<span>Clara’s and Melissa’s beds looked like antiques.</span>
An employs an intricate and piquant irony to develop these themes. Irony
especially surrounds Lindo. An immigrant, Lindo is a proud repository
of traditional Chinese values, which she nostalgically proclaims as
superior to the values of the United States. One of her tenets is that
strong people should remain silent, a behavioral strategy she inherits
from Sunzi’s classic <em>Sunzi Bingfa</em> (probably 475-221 b.c.e.; <em>Sun Tzu: On the Art of War</em>, 1910); as Lindo indicates in another tale in <em>The Joy Luck Club</em>, her maiden name is Sun. Ironically, however, when Waverly is featured on the cover of <em>Life</em> magazine, Lindo cannot keep silent about her daughter’s prowess and pridefully
