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03:56, 16 февраля 2014

Metaphor, personification...

We discussed metaphor and subtypes of metaphor. It is very useful theme, it help us distinguish types of metaphor, makes our speech more expressive, we can more fully express our thoughts and opinion. I thinking about our task on 3 week, and I found some information, and interesting examples.

What about metaphor? It’s a figure or speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common. There are some examples with illustrations

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Personification is a figure of speech wherein human qualities are used to describe an inanimate or non living object, to concepts, or actions. The use of personification also enables the object, action, or concept that is personified, to communicate with the reader. Personification is used in pieces of prose and poetry. In fact, a lot of ad slogans also use this figure of speech. Examples:

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Some sites that I used:

www.buzzle.com

grammar.about.com

 

Thanks for attention. Success in your blogging)

 
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