Question

stop that slouching and sit up straight. which figure of speech is this.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The question is asked from the poem Amanda which is written by the poet Robin Mc Maugh Klein. The figure of speech used in the whole poem is Metaphor.

Explanation:

Metaphor is a kind of speech that is used to compare between two ideas or the things. Her mother always scolds her by saying "Stop that slouching and sit up straight. "

Answer 2

‘Stop that slouching and sit up straight’ has antithesis and alliteration.

EXPLANATION:

An antithesis is a ‘figure of speech’ that deals with two contrasting thoughts or ideas that have been pitted against each other. For example: the famous proverb Man proposes, God disposes is an antithesis which puts too opposing notions together propose and dispose. In this sentence, slouching and sit up straight are two opposites brought together.

Alliteration is also found here and we can see sibilance as stop, slouching, sit, straight all begin with the –s sound.