This document defines and provides examples of simile and periphrasis. It explains that a simile is a figure of speech that draws a comparison between two unlike things using connecting words like "like", "as", or "as if". A periphrasis is an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech where something is described in an indirect, lengthy way instead of using a more direct term. The document provides examples and classifications of different types of similes and periphrasis.

3. What is simile?
• The intensification of some one feature of the
concept in question is realized in a device
called simile.
• Similes have formal element in their structure:
connective words such as: like, such as, as if,
seem.

4. SIMILE vs. COMPARISON
SIMILE COMPARISON
• characterize sone object • means weighing two objects
bringing it into contact with belonging to one class of
another object belonging to things
an entirely different class of
things
• EXAMPLE: “Maidens, like • EXAMPLE: The boy seems to
moths, are ever caught by be as clever as his mother.
glare.” (Byron)

5. • Some similes can be considered as half
metaphor if not for the connective words.
Example: It was that moment of the year when
the countryside seems to faint from its own
loveliness, from the intoxication of its scents
and sounds.” (J. Galsworthy)

6. • The semantic nature of the simile-forming
elements seem and as if is such that they only
remotely suggest resemblance. Quite different
are the connectives like and as. These are
more categorical and establish quite
straightforwardly the analogy between the
two objects in the question.

7. • Sometimes the simile-forming like is placed at
the end of the phrase almost emerging with it
and becoming half-suffix.
Example: “Emily Barton was very pink, very
Dresden-china-shepherdess like.”

8. • Similes may suggest analogies in the character
of actions performed.
Example: “The Liberals have plunged for entry
without considering its effects, while the
Labour Leaders like cautious bathers have put
a timorous toe into the water and promptly
withdrawn it.”

9. • In the English language, there is a long list of
hackneyed similes pointing out the analogy.
Examples: hungry as a bear, thirsty as a camel,
to act like a puppy, playful as kitten, vain as a
peacock, slow as tortoise, etc.

11. What is periphrasis?
• The ambiguous or roundabout figure of
speech.
• Also known as: circumlocution, circumduction,
circumvolution, periphrase, ambage
EXAMPLE: “my father’s father” instead of using
simply, “grandfather”.

12. Divisions of Stylistic Periphrase
LOGICAL FIGURATIVE
• Based on one inherent • Based either on metaphor
properties or perhaps a or on metonymy, the
passing feature of the keyword of the collocation
object described being the word used
figuratively
• Example: “the object of his • Example: “the punctual
admiration” (pertaining to servant of all work”
“love”) (pertaining to “the sun”)

13. Other Types of Periphrasis
• Amphilogism (also called amphilogy) is a form
of circumlocutory speech used to avoid telling
something that might otherwise harm you.
Example: "She made dinner for me last night",
an amphilogistic statement would be "Dinner
was already made for me last night".

14. Other Types of Periphrasis
• Cledonism is the use of circumlocution to
avoid saying unlucky words.
Example: Calling the devil "Old
Nick", calling Macbeth the "Scottish Play" or
saying "baker's dozen" instead of thirteen.

15. Other Types of Periphrasis
• Equivocation is the use of circumlocution to
deceive others without blatantly lying.
• Euphemism is the use of circumlocution to
avoid saying offensive words.
Example: "Holy mother of Jesus!" is a
circumlocution of "Mary!"

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Prepared By:
ANGELES, Maria Monica M.
BSEd 4-S