Explain with examples the various figures of speech (Literary Devices) in English.
Class - X
✓ TAKE TIME
✓ SPAM → IMMEDIATE REPORT
✓ NO COPY AND PASTE
• BEST ANSWER → BRAINLIEST
Answers
Answer:
1. Alliteration: Alliteration means the repetition of consonant sounds in two or
more close words.
Example: (Many toung-twisters) a) She sells sea shells on the seashore.
b) Betty botter bought a bit of butter but the bit of butter was bitter. So Betty Botter bought another bit of of butter to make the bitter butter better.
2. Repetition: When a word or sentence is repeated to emphasise it, its called
repetition.
Example: a) Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
"Oh, woeful, oh woeful, woeful, woeful day!
b) "And miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep."
3. Simile: Comparison using ‘as’ or ‘like’.
Example: a) As brave as a Lion.
b) Fragrance like a flower.
4. Metaphor: Comparision without using 'as' or 'like'.
Example: a) Snow is a white blanket.
b) You are a shining star.
5. Personification: Something non-living when is compared or pretended as a living thing. And also, when that non-living thing is made to express feelings like a living thing.
Example: a) The wind is rude.
b) The painting is sad.
Explanation:
NOUN
IT IS A WORD USED AS A NAME OF A PERSON PLACE ANIMAL
PRONOUN
IT IS USED AS A WORD THAT TAKES PLACE OF A NOUN
ADJECTIVE
IT IS USED AS A WORD THAT DESCRIBES A PERSON PLACE ANIMALS
ADVERB
IT US USED AS A WORD WHICH TELLS ABOUT A VERB
VERB
IT IS USED TO TELL AN ACTION
PREPOSITION
IT IS USED AS A WORD WHICH SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE NOUN AND THE PRONOUN
CONJUNCTION
IT IS A WORD THAT JOINS TWO WORDS OR SENTENCES
INTERJECTION
IT IS A WORD THAT EXPRESS A STRONG AND SUDDEN ACTION
Explanation:
HOPE IT HELPS YOU.