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Personification because trees cannot watch the boy any how lakshya bhasin

A simile is a right figure of speech that should be used in this sentence. Hence, the correct answer is option A. Simile. Basically, Simile is a figure of speech that involves the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind. Here two, unlike things, are compared explicitly. Most of the times, Simile uses two words “as” and “like” for describing any comparison. The above-given sentence has used “as” word to describe a comparison between a lion and a boy. That’s why it resembles “Simile”.

In Personification inanimate objects and abstract ideas are spoken of as if they were persons or bearing human quality. On the other hand, an apostrophe is a form of personification. In an apostrophe, the writer addresses some inanimate thing or an absent person as if it were present. IN THIS CASE, the given example is an apostrophe but since it is not included in the choices it is acceptable to be an example of personification since apostrophe is a form of personification. :)

The answer to this is C. Personification is one of the figures of speech that people use whenever they would like to describe something extreme that people may not understand immediately. In order for people to understand the emotion that is being conveyed, the characteristic will be compared to something that is considered non-human. There are also times when the characteristic of a person is described to something that is abstract. There are also instances when animals are being compared to something that persons are known to do. If you would read different literary pieces, it is very likely that you will come across sentences that show this type of figure of speech.

This is considered to be a simile. This is a type of figure of speech wherein something or someone is compared to another person or item that is completely different from the former. For example, the sentence can be used this way: The rat was as brave as a lion. The lion is known to be ferocious and very courageous animal. The rat is known to be meek but intelligent. Still, the rat is very different from the lion but they are being compared with each other. The person speaking is trying to say that the rat has shown bravery at some point in time. There are still other similes that people may not realize that they use all the time.

Figurative speech is often used in literature. You can find them in poetry mostly and in some short stories. They are used in order to compared nouns or actions and it makes it more specific. Some of the main types of figurative language or speech include similes, personification, hyperbole and metaphors. A simile is a comparison between two unlike things using like or as. A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things not using like or as. Personification is giving non-human things human characteristics. A hyperbole is an exaggeration of the truth. In the quote, there are actually two types of figurative language because sometimes a metaphor can be personification because the two things beings compared could be where one thing is a human thing and the other is not human.

Epiphora is a counterpart of another figure of speech anaphora. An anaphora is a recurrence of the first part of successive sentences, whereas in an epiphora repetition happens in the last part of successive clauses and sentences. Epiphora also is known as epistrophe, is a stylistic device in which a word or a phrase is reiterated at the ends of successive clauses. Examples of epiphora are found in literary pieces, debates, and persuasive writing. Anaphora is a restatement of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences.

Metaphor

How is it a metaphor? I thought it was personification!!!!

This must be analyzed in order to come up with the right answer. The answer to this is B. The figure of speech that is present here is a metaphor. This is apparent because of the words that are used. The sentence states: “My love is a red, red rose.” The fact that it used the word means that it is a metaphor. The comparison is directly stated. This is different from a simile wherein the word may be compared to another word. If this is a simile, the sentence should have read, “My love is LIKE a red, red rose.” This only means that love is being compared to the color of the rose. Since a direct comparison is used, this is more of a metaphor.

The answer to this is B. Metaphor. This is a type of speech that refers to something by using another thing for reference. In this type of metaphor, the person is trying to say that the other person is the one who will catch his eye the most. Some people still get confused with the use of metaphors. Some feel that they just complicate things. Some metaphors are used in order to make people understand some situations more. Through the given metaphor, the other person will know that she is appreciated and that everything she does will be noted by the person who is saying the statement.