RHETORICAL DEVICE OF THE MONTH
SIMILES
A simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing
with another thing of a different kind, using "like" , "as... as" or "as if",
in order to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
For example: LIfe is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get!
Women are like the Morse code - hard to decipher!
His fame as ephemeral as a shooting star.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. (Proverbs 25:11)
USES OF SIMILES
1) I was perplexed like a penguin in a desert.
2) Comfort zone is like a warm, fluffy blanket.
3) I was clutching onto the agenda as if it was a security blanket.
4) It doesn't have to feel like a rocket launch, it could be like a baby giraffe trying to find its footing...
5) I was as lost as a sheep.
6) You walked through like fish in the water.
7) You were as happy as a clam.
8) Your speech was free flowing like a river.
9) The announcement was like a bolt from the blue.
10) A club without a President is like a ship without a rudder - directionless.
11) It feels like a breath of fresh air.
BRICKBATS
GRAMMAR
1) It comes free of cost => It comes at no cost. / It is free of charge.
2) I am very curious of things. => I am very curious about things.
BOUQUETS
ALLITERATION
1) It's a promise, it's a pact we make with ourselves.
2) We are expanding our courage and our confidence
3) pushing past your comfort zone
4) privilege and pleasure
5) clear as crystal
6) glitzy, glittery and glamorous affair
7) cosy and comfortable
8) grow and glow
