Question

explain the following literary devices and cite suitable examples from class 10 CBSE syllabus:
1. Simile
2. Metaphor
3. Personification
4. Alliteration
5. Repetition
6. Oxymoron
7. Refrain
8. Hyperbole
9. Allusion
10. Apostrophe
11. Irony
12. Paradox
13. Onomatopoeia
(You can skip 2-3 of these)
Please solve it, I'll give extra points later...

Answer 1

Answer:

(1). Simile: It is a figure of speech that is used in literature to compare between two things by using the words "like" or "as".

(2). Metaphor: It is a figure of speech that refers to the direct similarity between two things. It can be turned into simile.

(3). Personification: It is a figure of speech that gives comparison of inanimate object with human qualities.

(4). Alliteration: It is the figure of speech that uses repeated words of same sounds.

(5). Repetition: It is a figure of speech that repeats a certain set of words.

(6). Oxymoron: It is a figure of speech that uses two words together of opposite meaning.

(7). Refrain: It is a chorus of a song that is repeated at the end of each verse.

(8). Hyperbole: it is a figure of speech that uses overstatement unintentionally.

(9). Allusion: It is a figure of speech that uses reference indirectly as in hint.

(10). Apostrophe: It is a punctuation mark (').