Sound Of Thunder Similes

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Lastly, an author might choose to use similes in their writing to show comparisons like in the short story, “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury. Writers use similes when trying to relate one thing to another but they are not exactly alike using the words “like” or “as”. Bradbury used a simile in the story as one of the characters stated, “This make Africa seem like Illinois” (584). This grabbed the reader’s attention because Africa and Illinois are so different in so many ways that it sticks out. People do not like to read the same kinds of things over and over again so when you use a simile that stands out from the rest, it is more apt to make the reader hone in on what the story is

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