修辞手法 Rhetorical devices.pptVIP

Simile A simile is a figure of speech which makes a comparison between two unlike elements having at least one quality or characteristic in common. Simile is almost always introduced by the following words: like, as, as…as, as it were, as if, as though, be something of, similar to, etc metaphor A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily and primarily denotes one thing is applied to another in an implied comparison. metaphor asserts that one thing is another thing. Metaphor compares two different things by speaking of one in terms of the other. S