Figures of SpeechFigures of Speechfor Detective Fictionfor Detective Fiction
Simile:Simile:• By the end By the end
of the day, I of the day, I felt as worn felt as worn out as a out as a hunk of hunk of chewing chewing gum stuck gum stuck to the to the bottom of a bottom of a shoe.shoe.
Metaphor:Metaphor:I was I was yesterday’s yesterday’s newspaper newspaper crumpled at crumpled at the bottom the bottom of a trash of a trash can.can.
With his bowtie and red With his bowtie and red shoes, the suspect was shoes, the suspect was about as low-profile as . . .about as low-profile as . . .
a circus clown in a Sunday a circus clown in a Sunday choir.choir.
It was easy following It was easy following him up the winding him up the winding stairway in the empty stairway in the empty building because his building because his footsteps sounded footsteps sounded like . . .like . . .
I opened my eyes to the I opened my eyes to the sound of thunder. I was sound of thunder. I was soaking wet and when I soaking wet and when I looked up, rain pelted me looked up, rain pelted me in the face like . . .in the face like . . .
