Q2. A) Identify the Figure of Speech in the following sentences and explain them.
1) Some people say that I am one thing. Others say that I am many.
2) I have been moving in the endless circle Sometimes I fall from the sky.
B) Give meanings for: a) palisade b. cascade c. hitched d. to wear out
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Figures of Speech
Language can be used in two ways – literally and figuratively. Literal language is direct and uses the real definition and meanings of words and phrases. But when we talk figuratively, the meaning of any word/phrase will depend on the context in which they are used. A figure of speech relies on such figurative language and rhetoric.
When using figures of speech the words will diverge from their literal meanings, to give a more stylized and specialized meaning to these words. Let us take for example the phrase”fast like lightning”. This phrase merely implies great speed, it does not mean literally as fast as lightning. Example: “On hearing the school bell the kids ran out of the class as fast as lightning”.
Types of Figures of Speech
Now there are dozens of types of figures of speech. But here we will be focussing on the five main ones we use in our daily prose.
1] Simile
A simile is a figure of speech that uses comparison. In a simile, we use two specific words “like” and “as” to compare two unlikely things, that actually have nothing in common. This is done to bring out the dramatic nature of the prose and invoke vivid images and comparisons. It is one of the most common forms of a figure of speech and is used in everything from day-to-day talk to poems