2.Her face ashen like that of a corpse .
[a] Simile [b] Climax [c] Pun [d] Metaphor
Answers
Answer is option D
Explanation:
1. SIMILE-
A Simile shows a likeness or comparison between two objects or events. A simile is usually introduced with the words- like, as, as……..so.
Examples:
I. She is as pretty as a picture.
II. The story was as dull as ditch water.
III. He is as sober as a judge.
2. METAPHOR-
A Metaphor is like a simile. Two objects are compared, without the words ‘as or like’. It is an implied simile.
Examples:
I. He was a lion in the battlefield
II. Variety is he spice of life
III. She was a tower of strength in their trouble.
Difference between Metaphor and Simile:
Both similes and metaphors link one thing to another. A simile usually uses "as" or "like". A metaphor is a condensed simile, a shortcut to meaning, which omits "as" or "like." A metaphor creates a relationship directly and leaves more to the imagination.
With simile A is like B.
With metaphor A is B.
Simile
Metaphor
Your eyes are like the sun.
You are my sunshine.
He eats like a pig.
He is a pig.
CAUTION: THE METAPHOR needs to be used carefully.
THEREFORE, do not get too far-fetched; otherwise, the images you conjure up may be confusing or foolish.
Do not OVERUSE or sustain beyond the point of interest.
Avoid MIXED METAPHORS "He put his foot down with a firm hand".
3. PERSONIFICATION-
In Personification non-living objects, abstract ideas or qualities are spoken of as persons or human-beings.
Examples:
I. Necessity knows no law.
II. Hope springs eternal
III. Let the floods clap their hands.
IV. I kissed the hand of death.
NOTE-
We frequently use personification - whether we know it or not - when we describe
- a promising morning
- a treacherous sea
- a thankless task
4. APOSTROPHE-
An Apostrophe is a development of personification in which the writer addresses absent or inanimate objects, concept or ideas as if they were alive and could reply.
Examples:
I. “Fair daffodils, we weep to see you haste away so soon”.
II. “O wind, where have you been?”
III. Lead, Kindly light, amid the encircling gloom.
5. OXYMORON-
An Oxymoron is when two terms or words are used together in a sentence but they seem to contradict each-other. Oxymoron is a statement which, on the surface, seems to contradict itself - a kind of crisp contradiction. An oxymoron is a figure of speech that deliberately uses two differing ideas. This contradiction creates a paradoxical image in the reader or listener's mind that generates a new concept or meaning for the whole.
Examples:
I. Life is bitter sweet.
II. He is the wisest fool of them all.
III. He was condemned to a living death