What are the figures of speech?? Give definition and example. Plzzzz
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Alliteration
It is the repetition of the beginning sounds of neighboring words.
Examples include:
She sells seashells.
Walter wondered where Winnie was.
Anaphora is a technique where several phrases or verses begin with the same word or words.
Examples include:
I came, I saw, I conquered. - Julius Caesar
Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition! - King John II, William Shakespeare
Assonance
Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds (not just letters) in words that are close together. The sounds don't have to be at the beginning of the word.
Examples include:
A - For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore. (Poe)
E - Therefore, all seasons shall be sweet to thee. (Coleridge)
Euphemism
Euphemism is a mild, indirect, or vague term that often substitutes a harsh, blunt, or offensive term.
Examples include:
'A little thin on top' instead of 'going bald.'
'Fell of the back of a truck' instead of 'stolen.'
Hyperbole
Hyperbole uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect.
Examples include:
I've told you to stop a thousand times.
That must have cost a billion dollars.
Irony
Irony occurs when there's a marked contrast between what is said and what is meant, or between appearance and reality.
Examples include:
"How nice!" she said, when I told her I had to work all weekend. (Verbal irony)
A traffic cop gets suspended for not paying his parking tickets. (Situational irony)
Metaphor
A metaphor makes a comparison between two unlike things or ideas.
Examples include:
Heart of stone
Time is money
Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is the term for a word that sounds like what it is describing.
Examples include:
Whoosh
Splat
Oxymoron
An oxymoron is two contradictory terms used together.
Examples include:
Peace force
Sweet sorrow
Personification
Personification gives human qualities to non-living things or ideas.
Examples include:
The flowers nodded.
The snowflakes danced.
Simile
A simile is a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
Examples include:
As slippery as an eel
Like peas in a pod
Synecdoche
Synecdoche occurs when a part is represented by the whole or, conversely, the whole is represented by the part.
Examples include:
Wheels - a car
The police - one policeman
Understatement
An understatement occurs when something is said to make something appear less important or less serious.
Examples include:
It's just a scratch - referring to a large dent.
It's a litttle dry and sandy - referring to the driest desert in the world.
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