Metaphor, Metonymy, Simile, Personification
Metaphor A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is, on some point of comparison, the same as another otherwise unrelated object. Metaphor is a type of analogy and is closely related to other rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association, comparison or resemblance including allegory, hyperbole, and simile. Ex: Her home was a prison! As You Like It:All the world’s a stage,And all the men and women merely players; (William Shakespeare, As You Like It) Do you think only literary stalwarts make use of metaphor sentences? You are mistaken as the common man also makes use of metaphor quite regularly even if unknowingly. Here are some examples. ✔ It is raining cats and dogs. ✔ She is the apple of my eye. ✔ He has a heart o…