An analogy is a figure of speech that creates a comparison by showing how two seemingly different entities are alike, along with illustrating a larger point due to their commonalities.

A metaphor is often poetically saying something is something else. An analogy is saying something is like something else to make some sort of an explanatory point. You can use metaphors and similes when creating an analogy. A simile is a type of metaphor.

Any given MAT analogy contains only two parts of speech, and all the answer choices contain the same part of speech. The correct answer choice will be the same part of speech as its corresponding term in the other pair of terms. Here’s an example of an analogy that may look weird at first.

adjective. having analogy; corresponding in some particular: A brain and a computer are analogous. Biology. corresponding in function, but not evolved from corresponding organs, as the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird.

An analogy is a literary technique in which two unrelated objects are compared for their shared qualities. Unlike a simile or a metaphor, an analogy is not a figure of speech, though the three are often quite similar.

An analogy is a comparison of two things to highlight their similarities. (Often the things being compared are physically different, but an analogy highlights how they are alike.)

Here are some examples of simile, one of the main types of analogy:

• Mary had a little lamb / Her fleece was white as snow.
• As light as a feather.
• As dead as a doornail.
• As busy as a bee.
• As quiet as a mouse.
• As happy as a clam.
• Sly like a fox.
• You’re as sweet as sugar.

Personification is when you give an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have. This creative literary tool adds interest and fun to poems or stories. Personification is what writers use to bring non-human things to life. It helps us better understand the writer’s message.

the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure. the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, as in art.

Personification is a literary device that uses the non-literal use of language to convey concepts in a relatable way. Writers use personification to give human characteristics, such as emotions and behaviors, to non-human things, animals, and ideas.

Personification connects readers with the object that is personified. Personification can make descriptions of non-human entities more vivid, or can help readers understand, sympathize with, or react emotionally to non-human characters.

The definition of personification is the attribution of human characteristics to something non-human. When we say attribute human characteristics, we mean almost anything that can be related to humans: body parts, organs, senses, emotions, actions, thoughts and so on.

Anthropomorphism: The attribution of human characteristics or behaviors to an animal, object, or a god. Personification: The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Anthropomorphism is also a type of personification that gives human characteristics to non-humans or objects, especially animals.

Personification is the attribution of human qualities, characteristics, or behaviours to non-humans, be they animals, inanimate objects, or even intangible concepts.

Anthropomorphism is a literary device that assigns human characteristics to nonhuman entities like animals or inanimate objects.

1 : the representation of deity in the form or with the attributes of the lower animals. 2 : the use of animal forms in art or symbolism.

Zoomorphism is when animal characteristics are assigned to humans. This is the opposite of anthropomorphism (when animals are described as human). Examples of Zoomorphism: Baby, I’m preying on you tonight / hunt you down eat you alive / Just like animals.

Zoomorphism: this is a lot more common figure of speech than you might imagine. Whenever you call or compare a person to an animal, you are using this figure of speech.