English, 18.07.2020 14:01 rhaquan66766

Simile- A simile is a figure of speech in which two unlike objects are compared using the words "like" or "as”. For example:
Sometimes there was humour in Max Vandenburg's voice, though its physicality was like friction
-like a stone being gently rubbed across a large rock.
What is being compared?
Why is this an apt comparison?

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