Explain with examples the following1. Homophones and homographs.2. Alliteration and assonance.3. Euphemism and hyperbole.4.simile and Metaphor
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A homophone is a word which is considered to be a son with the same sound but with different significance on the other hand homograph is the word which has the same spellings but different meaning depending on the linguistic context they are used in. Example of a homophone can be fair/fare. Fair means honest, just. Example of homograph can be wave/wave: one wave means the water coming towards the shore and other wave means moving hand, it is a motion to say goodbye to someone.
Alliteration and Assonance are used to add the rhyming sound or burden. The combination of both of these is usually breakthrough in verse form so that the words rhyme with each other, they are usually used in poems. Assonance is repeating vowel sounds and alliteration is the repeating of words which are in harmony with the other words not in the same line but in the whole poem within the lines. So assonance creates the rhyming effect and alliteration adds the appeal to the poem.
Example of Alliteration: I eat you eat we all eat ice cream.
Example of Assonance: The rain in Spain mainly falls in Spain
Hyperbole is used for adding the humor in the sentence and for that the sentence is exaggerated to have the funny impact in it. Euphemism is a word which is meant for offending the other person but in actual it is not offensive it is rather a polite term used to offend someone indirectly.
Example of Hyperbole: If I won't get a burger right now I will die.
Example of Euphemism: You are not poor, you have a temporary negative flow of income.
Similies and metaphor both are used for making a comparison, simile use the words like and as for making the comparison and metaphor makes a comparison as it is.
Example of Simile: As cute as a kitten.
Example of Metaphor: Time is a thief (in this example time is compared with a thief that it passes so quickly stealing our moments away)
Alliteration and Assonance are used to add the rhyming sound or burden. The combination of both of these is usually breakthrough in verse form so that the words rhyme with each other, they are usually used in poems. Assonance is repeating vowel sounds and alliteration is the repeating of words which are in harmony with the other words not in the same line but in the whole poem within the lines. So assonance creates the rhyming effect and alliteration adds the appeal to the poem.
Example of Alliteration: I eat you eat we all eat ice cream.
Example of Assonance: The rain in Spain mainly falls in Spain
Hyperbole is used for adding the humor in the sentence and for that the sentence is exaggerated to have the funny impact in it. Euphemism is a word which is meant for offending the other person but in actual it is not offensive it is rather a polite term used to offend someone indirectly.
Example of Hyperbole: If I won't get a burger right now I will die.
Example of Euphemism: You are not poor, you have a temporary negative flow of income.
Similies and metaphor both are used for making a comparison, simile use the words like and as for making the comparison and metaphor makes a comparison as it is.
Example of Simile: As cute as a kitten.
Example of Metaphor: Time is a thief (in this example time is compared with a thief that it passes so quickly stealing our moments away)
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Homophone: A word that is pronounced same as another word, but has a different meaning and different spelling. e.g. pale and pail, there and their, vane and vain etc.
Homograph: A word that has same spelling as another word, but has a different meaning.e.g. wound and wound (wound - past tense of wind); (wound - a cut or injury); right and right (right - direction) (right - correct); desert and desert (desert - to abandon) (desert - dry, sandy land)
Alliteration : When a consonant sound is used in the beginning of each word in a phrase, it is called alliteration. A poet uses alliteration in his poem to bring rhythm, flow and beauty. e.g. The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free, We were the first that ever burst into that silent sea.' Note the repetitive sounds of 'b', 'f' and 's'
Assonance on the other hand, is repetition of a vowel sound which appears in phrase or words close by. Poets use it in order to create rhythm not only with a poem but within the lines also. e.g. 'It's hot and monotonous'; 'Try to light the fire.'
Euphemism : It is the practice of replacing harsh or rude words that suggest something unpleasant with more polite and indirect expressions. They are actually idiomatic expressions that suggest something else. e.g. we use the words mentally challenged for stupid, downsizing for firing or pass away for death.
Hyperbole : The use of hyperbole suggests exaggeration which the author uses while stressing on a particular point. e.g. 'I'm dying of hunger.' is an exaggeration which suggests that she is very hungry.
Simile : A simile is used for direct comparison and it uses words 'as' and 'like' for comparison. e.g. 'as beautiful as a rose'; she kept roaming around me like a butterfly.
Metaphor : An implied or indirect comparison is called metaphor. When Shakespeare wrote 'All the world's a stage' he is comparing world with a stage. 'men and women merely players' suggest that all men and women are actors on this stage i.e. the world.
Homograph: A word that has same spelling as another word, but has a different meaning.e.g. wound and wound (wound - past tense of wind); (wound - a cut or injury); right and right (right - direction) (right - correct); desert and desert (desert - to abandon) (desert - dry, sandy land)
Alliteration : When a consonant sound is used in the beginning of each word in a phrase, it is called alliteration. A poet uses alliteration in his poem to bring rhythm, flow and beauty. e.g. The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free, We were the first that ever burst into that silent sea.' Note the repetitive sounds of 'b', 'f' and 's'
Assonance on the other hand, is repetition of a vowel sound which appears in phrase or words close by. Poets use it in order to create rhythm not only with a poem but within the lines also. e.g. 'It's hot and monotonous'; 'Try to light the fire.'
Euphemism : It is the practice of replacing harsh or rude words that suggest something unpleasant with more polite and indirect expressions. They are actually idiomatic expressions that suggest something else. e.g. we use the words mentally challenged for stupid, downsizing for firing or pass away for death.
Hyperbole : The use of hyperbole suggests exaggeration which the author uses while stressing on a particular point. e.g. 'I'm dying of hunger.' is an exaggeration which suggests that she is very hungry.
Simile : A simile is used for direct comparison and it uses words 'as' and 'like' for comparison. e.g. 'as beautiful as a rose'; she kept roaming around me like a butterfly.
Metaphor : An implied or indirect comparison is called metaphor. When Shakespeare wrote 'All the world's a stage' he is comparing world with a stage. 'men and women merely players' suggest that all men and women are actors on this stage i.e. the world.
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