Similes
and Metaphors
from The
Teacher's Funeral by Richard Peck
She
was as silent as eternity, quieter than snow. p. 27
With
unusual presence of mind, Charlie leaped to his feet and grabbed me up like
a sack of flour. p. 27
"I
was cool as a cucumber."
p. 30 This is a trite, overused phrase, but it works here
because it is a direct quotation from a character who is trying to say that he
wasn't afraid.
He
was still as a statue between me and Dad, trying to make himself
smaller. p. 41
"This
generation of the young is one mess of bad puppies. Oh ye parents, take it
out of their hides tonight! Rein them in
before they strike again!"
--
Preacher Parr at the teacher's funeral p. 42
"If
it hadn't been for this girl here who had to about carry me up the bank on her
back, I'd still be in the cress down there, wilting like a salad with
one foot in the cattails and the other
in the grave." [This is a mixed metaphor.]
-- Aunt Maud p. 51
"He
wore no shirt under his overalls, and he was muscled like a bull, tight
as a tree." p. 109
