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by Norton Juster

1989ComparisonSimileEnglish languageTerms and phrasesJuvenile literature
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Defines the mode of comparison known as simile and provides many examples in rhyming text.

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ComparisonSimileEnglish languageTerms and phrasesJuvenile literatureNew York Times reviewed
First published 1989

About the author

Norton Juster
Norton Juster

1929

Norton Juster is an architect and planner, professor emeritus of design at Hampshire College, and the author of a number of highly acclaimed children's books, including The Dot and the Line, which was made into an Academy Award-winning animated film. He has collaborated with Sheldon Harnick on the libretto for an opera based on The Phantom Tollbooth. The musical adaptation, with a score by Arnold Black, premiered in 1995. An amateur cook and professional eater, Mr. Juster lives with his wife in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Author

Norton Juster

First published

1989

Pages

80

Read time

≈ 2h

Editions

3

Language

English

Publisher

Morrow

ISBN

9780688081393

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