FIGURE OF SPEECH

                                                                                           FIGURE OF SPEECH

Simile – A simile is a figure of speech in which an explicit comparison is made between two different things or feelings using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.

                e.g. –

                                She is as beautiful as a rose.

                                She is beautiful like a rose.

                                She sings as sweetly as a cuckoo/koyal.

                                She sings sweetly like a cuckoo.

                                He is as brave as a lion.

                                He is brave like a lion.

                                She is as airy and fairy as a butterfly.

                                She is as light and beautiful as a butterfly.

                                My blood turned as cold like as moon.

                                She is as black as coal.

                                She is black like coal.

                                He is like his father in behavior.

Metaphor – A metaphor is a figure of speech in which an implicit comparison is made between two different things of feelings. In this figure of speech the real meaning is different from the literal meaning of words.

                e.g. –

                                Kalidas is the Shakespeare of India.

                                He is the star of his family.

                                She is the gem of her family.

                                He is the stigma of his family.

                                He is a lion in the fight.

                                Who is the Lata Mangeshkar Purani Bazar?

                                Nature is our best teacher.