a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
since a simile is where you compare 2 things i imagine the similie would be somwhere were he is talking about the maple tree. "before your could say jack robbison they have gone and grown alot bigger than you ever thought they could"
i had some trouble looking for it and thats all that makes sense for the similie i belive.
B, you need to give the reader basically a reason to read it so you give the hook and the topic of the sentence so basically what the story is going to be about.
<span>indirect characterization
This shows the character's feeling and ideals, which gives the reader a view of how the character thinks. The quote doesn't say anything directly about the character, but the reader can see how he feels about the Burmese (positively) versus the British (negatively but that he's not willing to show it.</span>
