Names donât have nationalities, people do. I can give you the origin. Houck Name Meaning and History 1. nickname from Middle Dutch houck, a marine fish, or from Middle Dutch hoec, houck âbuckâ. 2. variant of Hoek. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 http://www.ancestry.com/facts/houck-fami... Hoek Name Meaning and History
Definitions for Homeric simile. Homeric simile. Homeric simile, also called an epic simile is a detailed comparison in the form of a simile that is many lines in length. The word Homeric is based on the Greek author, Homer, who composed the two famous Greek epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Many authors continue to use this type of simile in their writings.
The terms metaphor and simile are slung around as if they meant exactly the same thing. A simile is a metaphor, but not all metaphors are similes. Metaphor is the broader term. In a literary sense metaphor is a rhetorical device that transfers the sense or aspects of one word to another. For example: The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas. â âThe Highwayman,â Alfred Noyes. Here the moon is being compared to a sailing ship.