“A man may break a word with you, sir, and words are but wind.” -William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors The quote above is an example of a (n):<\/p>\n
A. simile<\/p>\n
B. personification<\/p>\n
C. metaphor<\/p>\n
D. alliteration<\/p>\n
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The quote \u2018A man may break a word with you, sir, and words are but wind\u2019 is one such metaphor.\u00a0A metaphor establishes a connection between two distinct things, that is to say one item becomes identified with another.<\/p>\n
The metaphor in this case is that a promise broken breaking of the word is likened to wind suggesting how words or promises can be as hollow, transitory and ethereal as the blowing currents.\u00a0It is a direct comparison between words and the wind.\u00a0This is a metaphor because it does not make use of the words \u2018like\u2019 or \u2019as\u2019 which are employed in comparative phrases.<\/p>\n
A simile should employ the words \u2018like\u2019 or \u2018as\u2019 to make a comparison.\u00a0Personification is a nomenclature given to animate ascribing of human characteristics or attributes, using the same in antibiotic objects.\u00a0Alliteration is a sound device where the initial consonant sounds are repeated in words that follow successively .\u00a0The quotation does not include such other devices of literature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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