What are metaphors, similes, personification, and alliteration? Give examples while explaining
Explain Figures of Speech
A figure of speech could be a word or phrase that possesses a separate meaning from its literal definition. It will be a figure of speech or figure, designed to form a comparison. It will be the repetition of the beginning rhyme or the exaggeration of the figure of speech to produce a dramatic result.
Metaphor
A figure of speech makes a comparison between 2 dissimilar things or concepts.
Examples include:
Heart of stone
Simile
A figure could be a comparison between 2 not like things, mistreatment of the words “like” or “as.”
Examples include:
As slippery as an associate eel
Personification
Personification provides human qualities to non-living things or concepts.
Examples include:
The flowers nodded.
Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of the start sounds of neighboring words.
Examples include:
She sells seashells.
– Written By Shivani Thakkar
