Metaphor । Figures of Speech । Rhetoric and Prosody । English language and Literature

 

Dipak Kumar Hazra 

Metaphor । Figures of Speech । Rhetoric and Prosody । English language and Literature

                           Metaphor

Metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things in a speech where the point of similarity is not clearly stated. Here two unlike things are compared to each other. Only the point of similarity or resemblance is not clearly stated but implied or suggested. It is where a Metaphor differs from Simile. In case of a simile the point of similarity is explicit or clearly stated. A Metaphor is less expressive but more suggestive than Simile. Metaphor is a rhetorically ambitious use of words, you may have to work a little to find the meaning in a metaphor. A metaphor is an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way.

Example: "You are a lion." 

"Life is a candle." 

The first example does't suggest that the person is a lion, rather it suggests the person is as brave as a lion. Similarly the second example implies that life is as short as a candle.

                      MCQ & One-Liner

1. "Life is a walking shadow." - it is an example of - (A) simile (B) metaphor (C) personification (D) alliteration 

2. "He is the pillar of the state." - it is an example of - (A) simile (B) metaphor (C) personification (D) alliteration 

3. "Variety is the spice of life." - it is an example of - (A) simile (B) metaphor (C) personification (D) alliteration 

4. "Our birth is but a sleep." - it is an example of - (A) simile (B) metaphor (C) personification (D) alliteration 

5. "The camel is the ship of desert." - it is an example of - (A) simile (B) metaphor (C) personification (D) alliteration 

6. "Life is a tale." - it is an example of - (A) simile (B) metaphor (C) personification (D) alliteration 

7. "Life is candel." - it is an example of - (A) simile (B) metaphor (C) personification (D) alliteration 

8. "Laughter is the best medicine." - it is an example of - (A) simile (B) metaphor (C) personification (D) alliteration 

9. "You are my sunshine." - it is an example of - (A) simile (B) metaphor (C) personification (D) alliteration 

10. "You are an apple of my eye." - it is an example of - (A) simile (B) metaphor (C) personification (D) alliteration 

11. "Life is not a bed of roses." - it is an example of - (A) simile (B) metaphor (C) personification (D) alliteration 

12. Metaphor is a figure of speech based on - (A) sound (B) comparison (C) indirectness (D) meaning

13. In a Metaphor, the point of similarity is - (A) clearly stated (B) not clearly stated (C) both (D) none of the above.

14. Metaphor is a comparison between _______ unlike things.- (A) two (B) three (C) four (D) five

15. In a Metaphor, the point of similarity is - (A) explicit (B) obvious (C) implicit (D) plain

16. Without "like/as" = ? Select the right option for '?' - (A) simile (B) metaphor (C) personification (D) alliteration 

17. The Inventor of English Grammar - William Bullokar

18. The Father of English Language - Geoffrey Chaucer 

19. The Father of English Grammar - Lindley Murray

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