This post covers similes comprehensively. It explains similes in five broad types, how they can make your writing compelling, step-by-step way to write them, and common mistakes to avoid while writing them. And all of this through several examples. What…
Simile is a figure of speech of comparison that compares two unlike things and says that one thing is like another thing. You’ll often find a comparison word such as like or as in a simile. This post contains more…
Besides explaining personification in detail, this post covers how personification can make your writing livelier and concrete, common pitfalls to avoid while writing them, and how to write them in a step-by-step way. And all of this through several examples.…
What is parallelism? Parallelism in sentences means putting two or more similarly-placed (or equal) elements in the same grammatical form. Example: I love Italian and Mexican food. In the above example, Italian and Mexican are two similarly-placed elements (or equal…
This post covers onomatopoeia comprehensively. It explains onomatopoeia, how they improve your writing, and common mistakes to avoid while writing them. And all of this through several examples. What is onomatopoeia? An onomatopoeia is a figurative language (and within that…
This post covers metaphors comprehensively. It explains metaphors and their two categories (explicit and implied), how they can make your writing compelling, step-by-step way to write them, and common mistakes to avoid while writing them. What is metaphor? A metaphor…
This post contains more than 100 examples of metaphors in the form of sentences. To get the most of these examples, notice how unlike the two things being compared are (that’s the crux in writing good metaphors) and how the…
Besides explaining hyperbole in detail, this post covers how hyperboles can improve your writing, common mistakes to avoid while writing them, and how to write them in a step-by-step way. And all of this through several examples. What is a…
A hyperbole is a figure of speech that deliberately exaggerates a part of your statement to bring it under spotlight. They’re used mainly for emphasizing a point and highlighting difference between two things. This post covers more than 100 examples…
The limited space in the post can’t do justice to eight tools of figurative language. If you want to learn them in detail, I would urge you to go through comprehensive posts on each, which have been linked to under…
In this post, we’ll cover analogy in depth, including the most important part: how to write different types of analogies. What is an analogy? Analogy is a rhetorical device (that’s a broader umbrella than figure of speech) of comparison that…
Besides explaining alliteration in detail, this post covers how alliterations can lift your writing, common pitfalls to avoid while writing them, and how to write them in a step-by-step method. And all of this through several examples. What is alliteration?…