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Figures of Speech 1. O my love’s like a red, red rose. ——Robert Burns That man can’t be trusted. He’s as slippery as an eel. The old man’s hair is as white as snow. Simile It is a comparison between two distinctly different things and the comparison is indicated by the word as or like. On the other hand, the two things must possess one similarity. 2. Irrigation is the lifeblood of agri-culture. The picture of those poor people’s lives was carved so sharply in his heart that he could never forget it. There was a medieval magnificence about the big dining-hall. All his former joy was drowned in the embarrassment and confusion he was feeling at the moment. Metaphor It is the use of a word which originally denotes one thing to refer to another with a similar quality. It is also a comparison, but the comparison is implied, not expressed with the word as or like. 3. Youth is hot and bold, Age us weak and cold, Youth is wild, and Age is tame. William Shakespeare The match will soon be over and defeat is staring us in the face. This time fate was smiling to him. Personification It is to treat a thing or an idea as if it were human or had human qualities. 4. Sword and cross in hand, the European conquerors fell upon the Americans. When the war was over, he laid down the sword and took up the pen. His purse would not allow him that luxury. Metonymy （转喻） It is substituting the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated. 5. The farms were short of hands during the harvest season. He had to earn his daily bread by doing odd jobs. Germany beat Argentina 2 to 1 in this exciting football match. The poor creature could no longer endure her sufferings. Synecdoche （提喻） When a part is substituted for the whole or the whole is substituted for a part, synecdoche is applied. 6. to die old people mad dustman lavatory/ toilet invasion,