Poverty (Metaphor)
The good Anna was ready to lend a hand everyone who needed it. She didn’t care about herself, was willing to work harder and save more in order to share her savings with others. Anna was a real gift for those who could never “make ends meet”.
Strict (Metaphor)
In spite of the fact that the good Anna was famous for her charity, she was also known as a strict person and no one knew it better than Sally. Every time the girl did something that could bring out Anna’s anger, she had to wait outside while Miss Mathilda “softened Anna’s heart”.
A cynic (Metaphor)
Mrs. Federner was a genuine cynic, for she had “the mind and tongue that blacken things”. It came naturally to her “to roughen and to rub on a little smut”. She could even “make the face of the Almighty seem pimply and a little coarse”.
Messy (Simile)
Unlike the good Anna, Sally doesn’t think that the main goal of her life to serve other people. Truth to be told, Sally doesn’t even look like a servant. More often than not, she is “as ragged as a buzzard and as dirty as a dog”. She doesn’t care much about her appearance and is more interested in spending time with a butcher boy.
A view (Simile)
Miss Mathilda’s house was a nice place that was situated in a quite picturesque neighborhood. It was one of a whole row “of all the same kind” that made “a close pile like a row of dominoes” that a child “knocked over”. This simile was used to help readers to imagine the area where Miss Mathilda’s house stood. It was a neat hilly street with identical but lovely houses. (Simile)
A beast (Simile)
Rosie was described as an opposite of Melanctha, who was well-bred, clever and good-looking. More often than not, it was stated that she was “like a simple beast”. This simile was supposed to emphasize the fact that the woman had no good manners at all.
