Figures of speech – Simile and Metaphor – Part I -- 102
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👉🏻 A figure of speech is a departure from the ordinary form of expression. It is employed to produce a greater effect.
There are four different kinds of figures of speech.

🔹1. Those based on resemblance
Examples are: simile, metaphor, personification and apostrophe

🔹2. Those based on contrast
Examples are: antithesis and epigram

🔹3. Those based on association
Examples are: metonymy and synecdoche

🔹4. Those depending on the construction of the plot
Examples are: climax and anticlimax
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🔷 Simile
In a simile we make a comparison between two objects of different kinds. These two objects will have at least one point in common.

🔸The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree. (Here a comparison is made between the righteous and the palm tree.)
🔸Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
🔸O my Love’s like a red, red rose
🔸That’s newly sprung in June;
🔸O my Love’s like a melodie
🔸That’s sweetly played in tune.

🔖 Here are some similes common in everyday speech.
◾️as proud as a peacock
◾️as cool as a cucumber
◾️as hard as nails
◾️as good as gold
◾️as old as the hills
◾️as clear as crystal

🔎 Note
A comparison of two things of the same kind is not a simile.
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🔶 Metaphor

👉🏻 A metaphor is an implied simile. It doesn’t state that one thing is like another or acts as another. Instead it says that the two things are one and the same. A simile, on the other hand, says that one thing is like another.
Thus, when we say, ‘She is like an angel’ we use a simile, but when we say ‘She is an angel’, we use a metaphor.

🔖 Examples are:
*️⃣Life is a dream. (Metaphor)
*️⃣Life is like a dream. (Simile)
*️⃣The camel is the ship of the desert. (Metaphor)
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