Can you help me explain this literary device?

Question

1) My heart does the tango. (personification)

2) I love you like a mango. (simile)

3)Drop all your love on me. (hyperbole)

i just need to know why they are what they are.. like what makes it a simile.. what makes it a personification.. and so on.. pls. im having a hard time putting it all together

help ASAP please!

Answer 1

Literary Terms / Elements.

http://mrbraiman.home.att.net/lit.htm

http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_term...

http://www.spellingpolice.com/higher/hom...

http://www.iland.net/~bshull/NBTT/litera...

http://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/yorba/lit...

Answer 2

Personification is a figure of speech that gives an inanimate object human traits and qualities, such as emotions, sensations, physical gestures.

A smile is where something is described as being 'like' or 'as' something as. i.e. AS cool AS a cucumber. The sea is LIKE an untamed beast. In contrast there is a metaphor which is saying that something IS something else. I.e. The sea IS a lonely dog.

A hyperbole is where a statement is greatly exaggerated. I.e. I could sleep for a year. This book weighs a tonne.

I'm pretty sure the example you've given isn't a hyperbole. It isn't an exaggeration.

Answer 3

Personification is when a thing or an article is made to do something only a human being can do. In your example "my heart" is personified and made to do the "tango" which something only a person can do. So you can remember it like that.

A simile is when a direct comparison is made. In your example, "my love" is compared to a mango. It is also called a simile when the word "as" is used, like this : as clever as Solomon

Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which statements are exaggerated. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, and is not meant to be taken literally.

However, I think your third sentence is not a hyperbole.

Hope you understood!

Answer 4

personification: it is the mentioning of an object which has got no personality as if its a person

in a simile we relate an object to another one using words like and as

Answer 5

1. because it has a characteristic of  a human. a heart really cant tango

2. it compares to things using the word like or as. its comparing there love to a mango

3. its a exaggeration