Example: My eyes are as blue as the mud in the puddles after it rains.
This suggests that my eyes are not blue at all. What is this literary device?
2006-11-10 11:03:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
okay, first of all you need to rember that with similies comes metaphors, and paradox / oxymorons but because this sentence is using the word "as" to describe the persons eyes, it is obviously not a metaphor, so that would only leave oxymoron, where two oppisite things are being compared (ex. a heavy feather etc). this is only a suggestion, the answers you recieve may vary. you should also recall where this sentence comes from and its habitat, if it is a region where the mud shows a brown image, this sentence can still be a simile, you should research furthur on this topic. :S
2006-11-10 11:12:43 · answer #1 · answered by chris ;) 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the name but isn't an oxymoron. That's a self contradiction, like "the silence was unbearably loud".
What you have is a description of how blue your eyes are, i.e. not blue at all. I'm sorry I couldn't be more help.
2006-11-10 11:45:11 · answer #2 · answered by Dr Know It All 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd be interested to know, also.
Don't think one would exist, though. It's just a sarcastic "anti-simile".
If there is an expression for this, I hope someone knows it & answers you.
2006-11-10 11:13:20 · answer #3 · answered by cloud43 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's kinds of an ironic simile isn't it?
2006-11-10 12:51:18 · answer #4 · answered by LBD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not really. They are basicly called similes.
2006-11-10 11:12:08 · answer #5 · answered by blondie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋