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[Len8]

Was approached by a literature student to help her with figures of speach, but for the life of me I couldn't remember any examples other than of the similie

I know a metaphor is supposed to be an implied comparison, but does that mean I can take a similie and modify it. For example, " as xenophobic as Koreans". does that become "xenophobic Koreans". Anybody got any good Korea related metaphors

Personification is ascribing human charcteristics to non humans. "The eyes of the potato, ears of corn" or maybe "tangun was the founder fo Korea"

[katydid]

A metaphor is when you say something like It's hotter than hell in here, she's a real firecracker, and so on. There's no use of like or as.

I don't think your example works.

[J.B. Clamence]

[katydid]

Ha ha....OK I stand corrected.

[Kwangjuchicken]

What is this one?

She is as perty as a spring pig rollin in the mud whilst a big rooster is crowing his head off.

[schwa]

Subliterate hogwash.

[Kwangjuchicken]

[casey's moon]

More typical examples of personification are "The moon was smiling" or "the wind whispered in her ear." Even giving human characteristics to pets is personification.

[Demophobe]

Glad they don't need a spell checker....

[Pink Freud]

More typical examples of personification are "The moon was smiling" or "the wind whispered in her ear." Even giving human characteristics to pets is personification.[/quote]

This isn't a personification, but an example of anthropomorphism.

From the Merriam- Webster online:
Main Entry: per��son��i��fi��ca��tion
Pronunciation: p&r-"sä-n&-f&-'kA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : attribution of personal qualities; especially : representation of a thing or abstraction as a person or by the human form
2 : a divinity or imaginary being representing a thing or abstraction



Main Entry: an��thro��po��mor��phism
Pronunciation: -"fi-z&m
Function: noun
: an interpretation of what is not human or personal in terms of human or personal characteristics : HUMANIZATION



So we might say "George W. Bush is mediocrity incarnate." or "George W. Bush personifies frat-boy stupidity." These are both personifications.


"The cold bit my skin." is an anthropomorphism.


Pink

[Pink Freud]

oops...After thinking about this a bit more I realize I was wrong.
The examples given by Caseys Moon are, as figures of speech, examples of personification. My mistake.

Pink

[tomato]

Hello, Len8!

You got me curious, so I did a Google search.
This is what I came up with:

"My love is like a red, red rose" is an example of a simile because it uses "like" or "as." I believe that someone else explained what a simile is.

"The night comes on little cat's feet" does not use "like" or "as," so it is a metaphor.

An allegory is defined as "an extended metaphor." The Book of Revelation is an allegory.

A synecdoche is a whole for a part or a part for a whole. If you are required to keep a roll book, then I'm sure you "count noses" every day.

An eponym is the use of the name of an individual as a figurehead. Musicians often use Bach's name to refer to the early 18th Century or Mozart's name to refer to the late 18th Century.

A hyperbole is an exaggeration, such as "I about died laughing."

A litotes is an understatement, so you could say that it is the opposite of a hyperbole. ("Not bad!" "You're not much help!")

An oxymoron is a self-contradiction, such as "The Sound of Silence." If there is any difference between this an a paradox, it is so subtle that I can't see it.

One Website defines personification as it is defined in this thread, but another Website defines it as referring to an abstraction as a person, such as "Lady Luck." Other examples Mother Theresa's name as a symbol of benevolence and Santa Claus' name as a symbol of generosity. I have seen "shrine of Morpheus" used to mean "bed" and "shrine of Dionysius" used to mean "bar."

If I understand correctly, other members of this thread use the word personification as the attribution of human attributes to non-human entities. Some people call this an anthropomorphism. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Porky Pig, and Bugs Bunny are all anthropomorphisms.

An alliteration is the repetition of a letter or sound at the beginning of two or more words. The aforementioned cast of characters can serve here, too.

If you want a very rare word, try enelicomorphism. That refers to the attribution of adult traits to children. If you seen Bugsy Malone, you have seen a perfect example.

Irony is saying or writing the exact opposite of what you mean.
"Yeah, right!" "You're a fine one to talk!"

A euphemism is the use of an inoffensive term in place of a more offensive term. The Korean people use �������� in place of �״�, just as we use "pass away" in place of "die."

A metonym is the substitution of a noun for a closely related noun. We often use metonyms without even thinking about it. We don't drink a glass of orange juice, but rather the contents of the glass. We don't eat a bowl of soup, but rather the contents of the bowl.

A hendiadys is the use of two or more words for the same meaning--"spic and span," "neat and orderly," "each and every." If there is any difference between this and pleonasm, the difference is subtle. Of course, a person who does not like such things might call them redundancies.

An apostrophe is adressing an animal or object as if it could understand. If you're like me, you yell at your computer every time it malfunctions.

The use of a word in a different part of speech is called anthimeria. In the lingo of primal therapy, a "primal" is a session of primal therapy, and to "primal" is to undergo such a session.

To repeat a word or words at the beginning of sentences, clauses, or paragraphs is to make an anaphora. "I came, I saw, I conquered." MLK's "I have a dream" is also an anaphora.

An anticlimax is an insignificant item at the end of a series. This is usually for a humorous effect. When we meet a notorious criminal in Take the Money and Run, a voice-over announcer reads off the rap sheet, which includes "getting naked in front of his in-laws."

One of the Websites says that figures of speech are "flowers of rhetoric." Five extra points if you can tell which figure of speech that is!

[squat toilet]

Simile -

Her eyes were like two big circles with smaller black circles inside







god damn bloody beautiful
*tear*

[jajdude]

That's as beautiful as a hangover on a holiday.


***sniff***

[Hyalucent]