STD. 9–12 • ENGLISH POETRY AND GRAMMAR
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Simile
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⚖️ Simile: Comparison using like or as.
🎭 Metaphor: Direct or implied comparison.
🧍 Personification: Human qualities given to non-human things.
📢 Apostrophe: Direct address to an absent person or an abstract idea.
🔊 Alliteration: Repetition of initial consonant sounds.
💥 Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate sounds.
🔁 Repetition: Words or phrases repeated for effect.
🔀 Inversion: Unusual word order for poetic effect.
🎩 Transferred Epithet: An adjective is transferred from the person to something associated with that person.
📏 Hyperbole: Deliberate exaggeration for emphasis.
📌 Textbook Reference
Std. 10 Kumarbharati: Examples are drawn from poems such as All the World’s a Stage and Hating T.V.
Std. 12 Yuvakbharati: Examples are drawn from poems such as The Inchcape Rock and Father Returning Home.
Some examples below are short textbook expressions; others are original practice examples clearly labelled. Check the prescribed textbook edition for full lines and context.
