3. BADHIRIYA B.Ed TRAINING COLLEGE
VELICHIKKALA
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(Lecturer in English)
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NAME : NOUFIYA. B
REG. NO : 16514392011
OPTION : ENGLISH
4. A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things through the
explicit use of connecting words.
Metaphor is the broader term in a literary sense metaphor is a rhetorical
device that transfers the sense or aspects of one word to another.
Similar and metaphors both compare thing to each other. The only difference
is that similar uses the words ‘like’ or as to make the association
5. Simile
A figure of Speech involving the comparison of one thing
with another thing of a different kind , used to make a
description more emphatic or vivid.
7. METAPHOR
A metaphor is a figure of speech that
identifies something as being the
same as some unrelated thing for
rhetorical effect, thus highlighting
the similarities between the two.
9. Find out the Simile and metaphors
from the given lines
Catashophes to her
Are still like the evil spirits
She has made distaste smile
Like moonlight that make everything
smooth, the hollowness of the froth, rising
above the stream of her life
10. CONCLUSION
Why are Simile?
1) The initial two similes of the poem and much of the rest of the
Speaker’s language, are commonplace. The speaker is
obviously male, an energetic and fanciful, man who does not
mind exaggerating a bit in the interests of wooing his sweetheart
and impressing his listners.
Why are metaphors?
oThey enliven ordinary language.
oThey are generous to readers and listeners, they encourage
interpretation
oThey are more efficient and economical than ordinary language
they given maximum meaning with a minimum of words.
