sentence patterns #3

Figure of speech

Simile: A comparison between two things not alike with comparative words.
Ex: My feet smells like a rose that have committed suicide.

Metaphor: Implied comparison without a comparative word.
Ex: A plane is a caged bird.
Ex: The young goalie skyrocketed to fame but now he's crashed

Analogy: inference from one subject or word to another.
Ex: the grand bibliotheque might have the key for your future; it unlocks many doors to knowledge.
Ex: The humain brain, when compared to a computer, is really simple. A computer can execute a billion calcuation per second and some people have difficulty when adding numbers. It's still a mystery why the computers are letting us be masters over them.

Allusion: reference to something. It can be direct or indirect.
Ex: His achilles heel was his lack of personnality.

Personnification: When human caracteristics are given to inanimate objects or animals.
Ex: The car approved with a honk.

Hyperbole: exaggerated statements to evoke strong feelings.
Ex: There is more dust in my room than on the moon.

Understatement: Statement wich is lesser than the expression expected.
Ex: It's just a flesh wound, said the man who had lost both arms.