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The soul in the body is like a bird in a cage.
When a verb or phrase is compared to a verb
or phrase, as is used:
They remained constantly attentive to their goal, as a sunflower always turns and stays focused on the sun.
The mind is but a barren soil; a soil which is soon exhausted and will produce no crop, or only one, unless it be continually fertilized and enriched with foreign matter. --Joshua Reynolds
frequently a metaphor is invoked by the to be verb.
For Example…
“The snow is a blanket on the earth.”
Is the snow actually a blanket? No! However, the image the equation creates is a vividly descriptive one – and vivid images are excellent!
When you compare a noun to a noun, the
simile is usually introduced by like:
After such long exposure to the direct sun, the leaves of the houseplant looked like pieces of overcooked bacon.
“England expects every man to do his duty." We bought this house instead of the one on
How can we use a simile to compare the two?
The Finished Product!
The snow is like a
thick blanket on the ground.
Notice the key presence of “like”.
More Examples
Rhetorical Devices
Major Simile Metaphor Personification Synecdoche Metonymy
Minor Analogy Rhetorical Questions Alliteration Antithesis Climax Euphemism Hyperbole Irony Oxymoron
Metaphors: More Examples
Your eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is sound, your whole body is full of light; but when it is not sound, your body is full of darkness. --Luke
Direction
An easy way to remember the difference between similes and metaphors is to determine whether the writer is trying to be direct.
“The snow is a blanket” is direct; the comparison in “the snow is like a blanket” is by definition more abstract than the equation.
Metaphors
Metaphor compares two different things by speaking of one in terms of the other.
Metaphor asserts that one thing is another
thing, not just that one is like another. Very
For Example…
Two Dissimilar Subjects
Blanket
Sபைடு நூலகம்ow
Simile Time!
If we wish to make a comparison between the way a blanket covers a bed and the way the snow covers the ground, we should use a simile.
What’s a Simile?
Similes compare two dissimilar objects, concepts, etc., in order to suggest an unexpected likeness between the two.
Similes can often be distinguished by the presence of one of two code words, “like” and “as”.
Personification
Personification involves giving the qualities of animals or persons to inanimate objects – to animate the nonliving.
Once again, figurative language is used to bring images, concepts, or objects to life!
When a verb or phrase is compared to a verb
or phrase, as is used:
They remained constantly attentive to their goal, as a sunflower always turns and stays focused on the sun.
The mind is but a barren soil; a soil which is soon exhausted and will produce no crop, or only one, unless it be continually fertilized and enriched with foreign matter. --Joshua Reynolds
frequently a metaphor is invoked by the to be verb.
For Example…
“The snow is a blanket on the earth.”
Is the snow actually a blanket? No! However, the image the equation creates is a vividly descriptive one – and vivid images are excellent!
When you compare a noun to a noun, the
simile is usually introduced by like:
After such long exposure to the direct sun, the leaves of the houseplant looked like pieces of overcooked bacon.
“England expects every man to do his duty." We bought this house instead of the one on
How can we use a simile to compare the two?
The Finished Product!
The snow is like a
thick blanket on the ground.
Notice the key presence of “like”.
More Examples
Rhetorical Devices
Major Simile Metaphor Personification Synecdoche Metonymy
Minor Analogy Rhetorical Questions Alliteration Antithesis Climax Euphemism Hyperbole Irony Oxymoron
Metaphors: More Examples
Your eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is sound, your whole body is full of light; but when it is not sound, your body is full of darkness. --Luke
Direction
An easy way to remember the difference between similes and metaphors is to determine whether the writer is trying to be direct.
“The snow is a blanket” is direct; the comparison in “the snow is like a blanket” is by definition more abstract than the equation.
Metaphors
Metaphor compares two different things by speaking of one in terms of the other.
Metaphor asserts that one thing is another
thing, not just that one is like another. Very
For Example…
Two Dissimilar Subjects
Blanket
Sபைடு நூலகம்ow
Simile Time!
If we wish to make a comparison between the way a blanket covers a bed and the way the snow covers the ground, we should use a simile.
What’s a Simile?
Similes compare two dissimilar objects, concepts, etc., in order to suggest an unexpected likeness between the two.
Similes can often be distinguished by the presence of one of two code words, “like” and “as”.
Personification
Personification involves giving the qualities of animals or persons to inanimate objects – to animate the nonliving.
Once again, figurative language is used to bring images, concepts, or objects to life!