What are similes in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz movie?

Answer 1

There are eight examples of similes in the original 1900 book edition of The Wizard of Oz. The page numbers are from the 1903 edition by M.A. Donohue & Co. Publishers, Chicago, Illinois.' After the first few whirls, and one other time when the house tipped badly, she felt as if she were being rocked gently, like a baby in a cradle' [p. 15]. '... Dorothy breakfasted like a princess off peaches and plums' [p. 87]. 'Now the Wicked Witch of the West had but one eye, yet that was as powerful as a telescope, and could see everywhere' [p. 141]. '... that was the end of the black bees, and they lay scattered thick about the Woodman, like heaps of fine coal' [p. 144]. '... Dorothy ... was truly frightened to see the Witch actually melting away like brown sugar before her very eyes' [p. 154]. 'Before them was a great stretch of country having a floor as smooth and shining and white as the bottom of a big platter' [p. 228]. 'It is a most tremendous monster, like a giant spider, with a body as big as an elephant and legs as long as a tree trunk' [p. 239]. 'Again a head shot swiftly out, and the great Lion went rolling down the hill as if he had been struck by a cannon ball' [p. 247].

Answer 2

• 'She felt as if she were being rocked gently, like a baby in a cradle'
• 'Dorothy breakfasted like a princess off peaches and plums'
• 'Now the Wicked Witch of the West had but one eye, yet that was as powerful as a telescope, and could see everywhere'
• '... that was the end of the black bees, and they lay scattered thick about the Woodman, like heaps of fine coal'
• '... to see the Witch actually melting away like brown sugar before her very eyes'
• 'Before them was a great stretch of country having a floor as smooth and shining and white as the bottom of a big platter'
• 'It is a most tremendous monster, like a giant spider, with a body as big as an elephant and legs as long as a tree trunk'
• 'Again a head shot swiftly out, and the great Lion went rolling down the hill as if he had been struck by a cannon ball'

Answer 3

Pg.4 The wind shrieked so loudly all about her that she nearly became deaf.

Answer 4

in the oz book