Explain all figure of speech
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Simile - it is a figure of speech that uses comparison including words, like, and as.
▪ She is like her mother.
▪ Akbar fought like a lion.
▪ He is as tall as his father.
Metaphor - this is a comparison without like, or as.
▪Marina is heart of Mumbai.
▪ Love is a battlefield.
Personification - we personify or represent a non-human entity as human.
▪ Pride rides on horseback.
▪ Time ran away from him.
▪ The car died in the middle of the road.
▪ Death lays its icy hands upon king.(Death, car, time, and pride are non human and don't posses organs as human, but in the sentence they are given the character of a human, this is called personification.)
Alliteration - the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. (Called as tongue twisters)
▪ She sells sea shells on the sea shore.
▪ Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Hyperbole - it exaggerates. We use hyperboles to emphasize the importance or the overstate something. They are used to create a strong and lasting impression.
▪ Since he has been away from home he has gotten as thin as a toothpick. (Thin as toothpick)
▪ Those shoes cost a king’s ransom. (king's ransom)
▪ His grandfather is older than the hills. (Older than the hills)
Answer:
His grandfather is older than the hills.”a.Hyperboleb.Similec.Metaphor d.Metonymy