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06:43, 18 февраля 2013

Metaphor, simile, metonymy and personification

On the last lecture we talked about metaphor, simile, metonymy and personification. I would like to tell about simile, metaphor and personification.

Simile....

A simile is a figure of speech that indirectly compares two different things by employing the words "like" or "as".

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For example: She ran like the wind. Explanation: Running and the wind are unlike things. When you compare the speed of running to the speed of the wind, you are using a simile.

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Metaphor...

Metaphor – transference of the characteristics of one phenomenon to another, showing likeness/similarity in things that are basically different (without using “as” or “like”). A metaphor states that a = b. It is an expressive characterization of an object.

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For example: Time is money.

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For example: You are my sunshine. (You=Sunshine). Reagan is a silly monkey when she is playing. (Reagan=Monkey)

 

Types of metaphor.

Trite metaphors are metaphors that fixed in dictionaries as expressive means of language.

F.e. a shadow of a smile

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or stone heart

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Genuine metaphors are metaphors which are absolutely unexpected.

F.e. His daughter is an angel.

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Personification...

Personification is when you describe something that is not alive but give it characteristics that make it sound as if it is alive.

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F.e. A tree could be described as dancing in the wind even though a tree is really unable to dance.

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Every morning the sun looked at them greeting . Sun cannot greete but it greetes with it first rays.

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