Definitions and Examples for Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Rhyme & Rhythm

Simile: Simile is when you compare two nouns (persons, places or things) that are unlike, with "like" or "as."

For example: The water is like the sun.

Metaphor: Metaphor is when you use two nouns and compare or contrast them to one another. Unlike simile, you don't use "like" or "as" in the comparison.

For example: I am a rainbow ( comparing two nouns, a person, and a rainbow, but does not use like or as. )

Personification: Personification is to make a thing, idea, or an animal do something only humans can do.

For example: Wind yells while blowing. ( Wind cannot yell, only living things can. )

Rhyme: The repetition of sounds in two or more words or phrases that usually appear close to each other in a poem.

For example: river/shiver, song/long, leap/deep.

Rhythm: The arrangement of stressed an unstressed syllables into a pattern. Rhythm is most apparent in poetry, though it is part of all good writing.

Credits: http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/simile.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/metaphor.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/personification.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/23846/library/terms/index.