Simile, Metaphor & Personification

Figures of Speech
1. Simile :- Simile is a figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unlike or dissimilar objects using the words like or as.
Example :- 

She is as beautiful as the moon.

He fought like a lion. 

2. Metaphor :- Metaphor is a figure of speech in which a comparison is drawn between two
dissimilar or unlike things without using like or as.
Or, 

A direct comparison of two unlike things.
Example :- 

“All the world‟s a stage, and we are merely players.” 

                                     ~ William Shakespeare 

3. Personification :- Personification is a figure of speech in which animals, ideas, or objects are given human characteristics or form.
Example :- 

The tree bowed and waved to me in the wind.
Flowers danced about the lawn.