There are many different kinds of figures of speech, including simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, metonymy, and synecdoche. Here, I'll just cover a few of the basics likely to come up in an introductory level high school or college English class, with annotated examples provided for each type. Similes are a commonly used technique in advertising. One example is the slogan for the Chevy Silverado, which emphasizes the truck's toughness by claiming it's "Like a Rock.
This is one figure of speech that you may be familiar with from earlier English classes. A simile is a comparison between two unlike things, usually using the words "like" or "as. A few examples: 1 "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. The comparison helps to highlight the surprises life often brings our way. Just as we bite into a candy from a variety box of chocolates unsure if the center will be peanut butter or raspberry, we get out of bed each morning unsure what will happen over the course of the day.
Here, we actually have two similes. The first simile uses the word "like" to compare the work of a churchman to the work of a doctor. The second simile uses "as" to explain the nature of the connection between the two: both parsons and doctors must confront sickness in their daily work, just as a soldier must confront danger.
Notice again that "parson" and "doctor" originally seem like dissimilar professions until the explanation that follows. Thou are more lovely and more temperate. Also note the seeming dissimilarity between the objects being compared: "thee" a person, presumably the speaker's lover and "a summer's day. A metaphor is a figure of speech frequently taught alongside simile to help illustrate the differences between the two.
Unlike a simile, a metaphor states that an object or idea is in some way the same as another, seemingly unrelated thing. For example, where a speaker using a simile to insult someone might say, "He's like a rat," a speaker using a metaphor would say something like, "He's a real rat! Some examples: 1 "That test was a total breeze.
The speaker does not actually mean that the test was a light current of wind. Instead, she says that the test was "a breeze" to indicate that the test and a light wind are the same, since both are easy, gentle, and present no difficulty. You make me happy when skies are gray. Rather than saying her beloved is "like" sunshine, the speaker says that her beloved is sunshine.
The meme LOL Cats revolves around photos of personified cats, with captions added to make the cats' expressions seem human-- right down to the comically terrible grammar! Personification, also known as "anthropomorphism," is the attribution of human qualities to non-human things. What is a Metaphor 4. What is Personification 5. What is Hyperbole 5. Summary — Simile vs Metaphor vs Personification vs Hyperbole.
Because of the presence of either of these two words, it is easy to identify a simile wherever it occurs. A metaphor is also a comparison between two things that are not similar. Personification involves giving human traits to non-living things, animals and ideas.
Generally, personification can be seen in fiction and poetry. Hyperbole is an exaggeration. This is usually used for emphasis and should not be taken literally by the reader or the listener. We also use this type of exaggeration in daily conversations. It adds more colour to what is being said and sometimes add humour as well.
All these figures of speech add colour to speaking or writing. It fuses two completely disparate objects, ideas, or events into a single thing. For example, a young child might exult, "I am sunshine all over my face" when he or she wants to express tremendous happiness. Both simile and personification mingle two very different essences, but personification does so with a specific methodology.
In personification, one of the elements is a living thing or at least suggests a living thing, while the other clearly is not. Of all the poets, children are perhaps the most attuned to the possibilities of personification, probably because, to them, the entire world is full of animated personalities.
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