The quotation is an example of a simile. Explain why.?

Question:"There is some of the same fitness in a man's building his own house that there is in a bird's building its own nest.

Answers:
Anytime something is compared to something else, showing the similarity, that is considered a simile.
because the quote is comparing one subject to another
It's a comparision of a hardworking man to a hardworking bird.
there is... that there is.. it is comparing two things
A simile is a comparison. In this case comparing a man building his house to a bird building its own nest.
A simile is a comparison of two unlike things, typically marked by use of "like", "as", "than", or "resembles". Examples may include "the snow was as thick as a blanket", or "she was as smart as a crow", or the usage of emotions similes like "madder than a bull" "fast like a cheetah". A man building a house is compared to a bird building a nest.
it is not because the sentence does not have the phrase like or as.
this is a simile: the man is as big as a house
or
the girl is like a cat
A simile needs to have "like" or "as".

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