Question

Define the following giving suitable examples:

i Onomatopoeia
ii Simile
iii Allegory
iv Understatement
v Irony

Answer 1

1) Mean - the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named .
example - four of these consonants are found only in loanwords and onomatopoeia.

2) mean - a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing .
example- his audacious deployment of simile and metaphor

3)mean - a story or pictures that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning .
example- pilgrim progress is an allegory of the spiritual journey.

4) mean - the presentation of something as being smaller or less good or important than it really is
example- a master of mathematics understatement.

5)mean - the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally significes the opposite.
example- the irony of the situation. hit her.