"You see, it's really quite simple. A simile is just a mode of comparison empl..." - Norton Juster

You see, it's really quite simple. A simile is just a mode of comparison employing 'as' and 'like' to reveal the hidden character or essence of whatever we want to describe, and through the use of fancy, association, contrast, extension, or imagination, to enlarge our understanding or perception of human experience and observation.

— Norton Juster
Academic, architect, writer

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Norton Juster was a 20th-century American academic, architect, writer. Norton Juster was an American academic, architect, and writer. He was best known as an author of children's books, notably for The Phantom Tollbooth (1961) and The Dot and the Line (1963). Read more on Wikipedia →

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