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REVISION

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
GRADE VIII

ENGLISH

BVRTSE

20.03.2021
LET'S REVISE

What are the


different Figures of
Speech you
remember?.
METAPHOR
DEFINITION: A METAPHOR IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT IS
USED TO MAKE A COMPARISON, BUT IN A WAY DIFFERENT
FROM A SIMILE. INSTEAD, IT MAKES THE DESCRIPTION OF AN
OBJECT LOOK AS IF IT WAS LITERALLY TRUE. IN OTHER
WORDS, IT CAN BE SAID THAT A METAPHOR IS AN IMPLIED
COMPARISON
EXAMPLE:
1. DILEEP HAS A STONE HEART.
2. YOU HAVE IDEAS FLOWING ONE AFTER THE OTHER. YOUR MIND IS AN
OCEAN.
SIMILE
DEFINITION:
A SIMILE IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT IS MAINLY USED TO
COMPARE TWO OR MORE THINGS THAT POSSESS A SIMILAR
QUALITY. IT USES WORDS SUCH AS ‘LIKE’ OR ‘AS’ TO MAKE
THE COMPARISON.

EXAMPLE:
1. MY LOVE IS LIKE A RED ROSE.
2. SHRUTI WORKS LIKE A SLOTH.
What Makes a
Metaphor
Different from a
Simile?
Metaphor Simile
It is an implied It is a direct
comparison. comparison.
Does not use any Uses words such a ‘like’
specific words to make or ‘as’ to make a
a comparison. comparison.
For example: Susan was For example: Susan ran
a cheetah in the race as fast as a cheetah in
today. the race today.
IRONY:
Irony is a rhetorical device
that is used to express an
intended meaning by using
language that conveys the
opposite meaning when taken
literally.

Example:
If it were a cold, rainy gray day,
you might say, “What a beautiful
day!” Or, alternatively, if you
were suffering from a bad bout of
food poisoning, you might say,
“Wow, I feel great today.”
Dramatic
EUPHEMISM
A euphemism is a
figure of speech, which means
"an expression in which the
words are not used in their literal
sense." Therefore, euphemisms
are classified as
figurative language, which is the
"use of words in an unusual or
imaginative manner."

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