Question

identify the figures of speech in the following sentences​

Answer 1

Explanation:

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Identify the figures of speech in the following sentences.

1. Variety is the spice of life.
2. The child shows the man as morning shows the day.
3. Lightning danced across the sky.

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1. Variety is the spice of life.

Ans. Metaphor

Reason :

In this we are comparing our that variety is the spice of life.

2. The child shows the man as morning shows the day.

Ans. Simile

Reason :

It is simile because we have used the word 'as'.

3. Lightning danced across the sky.

Ans. Personification

Reason :

As we have given human attributes to a non-living thing (lightning).

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✰ A figure of speech is a departure from the ordinary form of expression or the ordinary course of ideas in order to produce a greater effect.

❖ More types of figure of speech are :

✪ Hyperbole

➸ A figure of speech that is an extreme exaggeration.

Examples :

➲ The bag weighed a ton.

➲ I could sleep for a year; I was so tired.

➲ She's older than the hills.

✪ Alliteration

➸ Alliteration is the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kind of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables of an English language phrase.

Examples :

➲ Kim kid's kept kiting.

➲Ted tried some tricky tricks to trick Tom twice.

➲ Round, rapid, red, rabbits were running rapidly.

✪ Pun

➸ A pun is a humorous use of a word to suggest another word that sounds the same.

Examples :

➲ A horse is a very stable animal.

➲ A elephant's opinion carries a lot of weight.

➲ Is life worth living? It depends on the liver.