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A Dictionary of Similes is a dictionary of similes written by the American writer and newspaperman Frank J. Wilstach. In 1916, Little, Brown and Company in Boston published Wilstach's A Dictionary of Similes , a compilation he had been working on for more than 20 years.
A simile (/ ˈ s ɪ m əl i /) is a type of figure of speech that directly compares two things. [1] [2] Similes are often contrasted with metaphors, where similes necessarily compare two things using words such as "like", "as", while metaphors often create an implicit comparison (i.e. saying something "is" something else).
A spin-off from 1993's The Book of Virtues, The Children's Book of Virtues collects 31 passages previously featured in the original. [3] Selections from Aesop's Fables, [3] Robert Frost, [3] Frank Crane, [4] and African and Native American folklore [3] are represented in this volume; the legend of George Washington's cherry tree (as related to Mason Locke Weems) [5] makes an encore appearance. [6]
Honor (or Honour) Among Thieves is a phrase suggesting honour within a group that is not considered honourable, trustworthy, or morally righteous to outsiders. It may also refer to: It may also refer to:
Metaphors We Live By is a book by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson published in 1980. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The book suggests metaphor is a tool that enables people to use what they know about their direct physical and social experiences to understand more abstract things like work, time, mental activity and feelings.
On My Honor is a novel by Marion Dane Bauer, first published in 1986. [1] In 1987, it was a Newbery Honor Book [ 2 ] and it won the William Allen White Children's Book Award in 1989. [ 3 ] On My Honor has been used in the United States as part of school curriculums [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and has a separate study guide authored by Gail D. Hanna.
An elderly woman and her daughter sit quietly on their porch at sunset when Mr. Shiftlet comes walking up the road to their farm. Through carefully selected details, O'Connor reveals that the girl is deaf and mute, that the old woman views Shiftlet as 'a tramp,' and that Shiftlet himself wears a "left coat sleeve that was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it."
Word of Honor is the fifth major novel by American writer Nelson DeMille and the first which involves the Vietnam War. It was originally published in 1985 by Warner Books . Time Magazine referred to it as " The Caine Mutiny of the 80s", [ 1 ] while Publishers Weekly stated that it is comparable to the classic but has "wider implications". [ 2 ]