Similes
'... looks like a pumpkin-'
'... like fog off a riverbank.'
'... like a fly in amber.'
The quotes above are examples of similes from the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Harper Lee uses these similies to give a camparison, allowing the reader a better understanding of the situation or scene she is describing.
'...looks like a pumpkin-' was used when describing the house fire. Scout uses this similie to describe the vivid colour of the fire. It allows us to imagine how bright the orange colour was and creates an accurate image in our head.
'...like fog off a river bank.' This phrase was used during the fire, describing the smoke that was pouring everywhere. Harper Lee has used this to help us understand the way in which the smoke was rolling onto the surrounding houses and engulfing them in smoke.
'...like a fly in amber,' is used while Jem and Scout are cleaning up the yard after the fire. They find Miss Maudie' hat lying in a layer of ice and use this phrase to describe the way it looks. Using this phrase gives the impression of the hat once being full of life, but now trapped, lifeless, in 'amber' (or the snow).
'... like fog off a riverbank.'
'... like a fly in amber.'
The quotes above are examples of similes from the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Harper Lee uses these similies to give a camparison, allowing the reader a better understanding of the situation or scene she is describing.
'...looks like a pumpkin-' was used when describing the house fire. Scout uses this similie to describe the vivid colour of the fire. It allows us to imagine how bright the orange colour was and creates an accurate image in our head.
'...like fog off a river bank.' This phrase was used during the fire, describing the smoke that was pouring everywhere. Harper Lee has used this to help us understand the way in which the smoke was rolling onto the surrounding houses and engulfing them in smoke.
'...like a fly in amber,' is used while Jem and Scout are cleaning up the yard after the fire. They find Miss Maudie' hat lying in a layer of ice and use this phrase to describe the way it looks. Using this phrase gives the impression of the hat once being full of life, but now trapped, lifeless, in 'amber' (or the snow).