Question

B.2.a) Identify and name the figures of speech in the following
Sentences: (Explanation required)
1. My dog lays like a hippo after a run.
2. The guitar was tinkling.
b) 'Absolutely unsure' is an example of which figure of which?
c) In Literature, using a part of something to stand for the whole is

Answer 1

Answer:

a)

1) Simile.

2) Onomatopoeia

b) Paradox

c) Synecdoche

Explanation:

a)

1) The word Like is used to compare the quality of layying after running, of a hippo with a dog.

2) Tinkling is a sound word, hence Onomatopoeia.

b) Absolutely is a postive word which indicates that you know something or will do something but unsure is a negative word which indicates that you don't know about something, since these two completely opposite words are together. it is a paradox.

c) It is the definition.