Figures of a Speech (Let's learn series #8 : English Literature)
Hello learners! So what's up? Why don't we start this year's lessons with an advanced lesson? So let's see what the examples for the Figures of Speech.
Simile
A comparison between two different things which are alike in some point. Here, we use ''as'' or ''like''
eg:
She is beautiful as a flower.
She is busy like a bee.
My uncle is fat as an elephant.
Metaphor
This is a comparison expressed directly.
eg:
Sometimes I'm a headache for my parents.
She is a real genius.
Personification
Here an inanimate or an abstract thing is treated as a person or a living thing.
eg:
Sometimes my pen sleeps in my pencil case.
Steem is great and sometimes he jumps so high.
A bed is always loved and hugged by his owners.
Alliteration
The repetition of the same consonant sound in two or more words in close succession.
eg:
He clasps the crag with crooked hands (The Eagle by A.L.Tennyson)
Assonance
The repetition of the same vowel sound in close succession.
eg:
The heavy door banged shut.
This is the first English literature lesson I had and also the first I taught. I learnt these things today. So don't hesitate to tell me if I'm wrong at any point.
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