Question

'art lies in concealing art' which figure of speech ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Those based on resemblance

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Apostrophe

2. Those based on Contrast:

• Antithesis

• Epigram

3. Those based on Association:

• Metonymy

• Synecdoche

4. Thos depending on Construction:

• Climax

• Anticlimax

Let us see one by one.

SIMILE:

In Simile, a comparison is made between two object of different kinds which have at least one point in common.

The Simile is introduced by the word ‘as…as’.

Examples:

• As active as quicksilver

• As afraid as a grasshopper

• As ageless as the sun

• As agile as a cat

• As agile as a monkey

• As alert as a bird

• As alike as two peas

• As alone as a leper

• As alone as Crusoe

• As ambitious as the devil