Question

Define the following figures of speech:-
1)Simile
2) Alliteration
3) Metaphor
4) Personification

Answer 1

☆Metaphor
a metaphor asserts that one thing is something that it literally is not. For example:
· this bedroom is a prison.
· He's a real gannet.
· He listened with a stone face.
· We don't need dinosaurs in this company.
☆Simile
A simile likens one thing to another (usually achieved by the use of the word like or as). For example:
· He eats like a gannet.
· This sandwich tastes like sawdust between two doormats.
· She sings like an angel.
· It's like water off a duck's back.
☆Personification
Personification is when non-human objects are given human traits. For example:
· The tide waits for no man.
· My car tends to give up on long hills.
· Summer's healing rays.
Alliteration is the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.
☆Alliteration
Alliteration draws attention to the phrase and is often used for emphasis. The initial consonant sound is usually repeated in two neighboring words although sometimes the repetition occurs also in words that are not neighbors.
Examples:
sweet smell of success,
a dime a dozen,
bigger and better,
jump for joy
share a continent but not a country
Here is an example of alliteration in a poem by Wordsworth:
And sings a solitary song that whistles in the wind.

Answer 2

simile: when one thing is directly compared to other
alliteration : when one sound is repeated more than one time is called alliteration
metaphor:a metaphor is a implied simile
personification: when a object is said to have human quality