Question

explain the figure of speech​

Answer 1

Answer:Figure of speech is the unavoidable element in the poetry. It is this figure of speech which gives life to the poem. Personification, alliteration, visual images, simile,metaphor etc are the common figures of speech.

Explanation:

Answer 2

(A) Figures of Speech

The following are the Figures of Speech in English:

1. Simile-Simile is a Figure of Speech in which a comparison is made between

Two objects of different kinds which have, however, at least one point in

Common. The comparison is expressed by using words like ‘as’ or ‘like’ or ‘so’.

2. Metaphor-“A Metaphor is a condensed form of Simile in which comparison

Between two different objects is shown without the use of such words as like, as

Or so.” (Wren)

3. Personification—“In Personification inanimate objects and abstract notions are

Spoken of as having life or intelligence.” (Wren)

4. Hyperbole- “In Hyperbole a statement is made emphatic by over statement.”

(Wren)

5. Onomatopoeia-“Onomatopoeia is that artifice of language by which the sound

Of words is made to suggest or echo the sense.” (Nesfield)

6. Apostrophe-“An Apostrophe is a direct address to the dead, to the absent or to

A personified object or idea.” (Wren)

7. Oxymoron-“Oxymoron is a special form of antithesis whereby two contra-

Dictory qualities are predicted at once of the same thing.” (Wren)

8. Alliteration—“Alliteration consists in the repetition of the same sound or

Syllable at the beginning of two or more words.” (Nesfield)

9. Irony-“Irony is a mode of speech in which the real meaning is exactly the

Opposite of that which is literally conveyed.” (Wren)

10. Pun-“This consists in a play on the various meanings of a word, and is seldom

Used except as a joke.” (Nesfield)

11. Metonymy-“In Metonyme an object is designated by the name of something 24

Which is generally associated with it.” (Wren)

12. Synecdoche-“In synecdoche a part is used to designate the whole, or the whole

To designate a part.” (Wren)

13. Antithesis-“In Antithesis a striking opposition or contrast of words or senti-

Ments is made in the same sentence. It is employed to secure emphasis.” (Wren)

14. Transferred Epithet-“In this figure an epithet is transferred from its proper

Word to another that is closely associated with it in the sentence.” (Wren)