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MetaphorMetaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. Example: "Shaun the boy next door is a dog." Shaun isn't really a dog he has qualities like a dog. Metaphors cannot use "like" or "as". Simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. Example: "An elephants trunk is like an empty pipeline." The elephant and the empty pipeline are two unlike things compared using like or as. Personification is the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. Example: "Dinnertime Chorus" poem. The teapot sang as the water boiled The ice cubes cackled in their glass the teacups chattered to one another. While the chairs were passing gas The gravy gurgled merrily As the oil danced in a pan. Oh my dinnertime chorus What a lovely, lovely clan! The first line is referring to the teapot performing a human characteristic, "singing". The second line is referring to the ice cubes cackling, which is a human characteristic. The third line refers to the teacups talking to one another. The fourth line refers to the chairs "passing gas". Also in the sixth line "the oil danced in the pan" refers to another human characteristic. Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object. Example: The characteristics of the Indian goddess Ganesha, she has an elephant heads features. She is a God of new beginnings and widely worshiped as the supreme god of wisdom, prosperity, and good fortune. Hyperbole is exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. "Greg is so hungry, He could eat a horse." Greg isn't really going to eat a horse, that's just an exaggeration of how hungry he is. Parable is a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels. "The Salesman" A younger Salesperson was disappointed. He had lost an important sale. In discussing the matter with the Sales Manager, the young man shrugged. "I guess", he said "it just proves you can lead a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink." "Son," said the Sales Manager, "let me give you a piece of advice: your job is not to make him drink, it's to make him thirsty." This is all about the Salesman learning a valuable lesson in this simple story. The Salesman learns his job isn't to just sell it is to make the consumer want the product by keeping them interested. Fable is a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral. "The Ant and the Grasshopper" The Grasshopper learned that the Ant was right, you need to store food for the winter so you won't starve. Animism is the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena. Native Americans believe in animism, it is their religion. Plants and animals are sacred spiritually and also their ancestors who have past live spiritually through animism. Analogy is a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification. Example: Grass is to green, as sky is to blue. Comparing the color of the grass and the color of the sky clarifies the structure of the grass and the sky. The poem l(a is a metaphor because it gives the leaf a feeling, loneliness. Loneliness is a human characteristic that a "leaf" can't have. Metaphors work in my life. My life is like a roller coaster, it has its ups and downs. At times I feel like I'm a prisoner in my own life, life can be a prison. But I always make it through and stand tall and strong as high as a mountain proud to be one with this earth.
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