A gray baboon sits statue- like alone
watching the sunrise”.
a. Where is the baboon sitting?
b. Mention the figure of speech used here.
Answers
Answer:
- The Baboon is sitting near the statue.
- The figure of speech used is Noun.
a) The baboon sitting on the casuarina tree.
b) The figure of speech is "simile".
The line is from the poem "Our Casuarina Tree." A baboon is a monkey species. It sits like a statue on the Casurina Tree.
Figure of speech:
- They are an essential component of any language.
- It is used only in written and spoken literature.
- The phrase has a different literal meaning than it does in the context.
Figures of speech come in a variety of shapes and sizes.
Personification:
It imbues inanimate or abstract objects with human traits.
Example:
My bicycle is a thing of beauty.
Metaphor:
It compares two different items that share a characteristic.
Example:
He is the industry's biggest star.
Simile:
It compares two things that have similar characteristics.
Example:
He is as brave as a tiger.
Alliteration:
A series of words will have the same consonant sound at the beginning of the sentence.
Example:
Baked beans from Boston.
Onomatopoeia:
It is used to express the sounds using imitating words.
Example:
My clock ticks loudly.
Hyperbole:
It is made up of words that are exaggerated.
Example:
You are more beautiful than the rainbow colours.
Euphemism:
It refers to the use of gentle words rather than harsh or unpleasant ones.
Example:
She is telling us a fairy tale.
Irony:
It is the use of words to express a meaning that is opposed to the actual meaning.
Example:
You are as sweet as poison.
Anaphora:
It is a word-for-word repetition.
Example:
He has one watch, one shirt, and one jacket.
Apostrophe:
It depicts a work that was not part of the original.
Example:
The girl's mother loved her.
Anastrophe:
It is a sort of grammatical inversion in which the pattern of a sentence is reversed for dramatic effect.
"A gray baboon sits statue-like alone."
The figure of speech- simile
The word "like" is used to compare things.