figure of speech

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    • Figures of speech are literary devices used in a distinctive way to produce a rhetorical or creative effect
    • Figures of speech are used extensively in both literature and everyday language to convey meanings beyond the literal sense of the words
    • Simile:
      • An indirect comparison using "as", "like", or "such as"
      • Example: She danced like a leaf in the wind, His temper was as explosive as a volcano
    • Metaphor:
      • A direct comparison without using "as", "like", or "such as"
      • Example: The classroom was a battlefield during the debate, Hope is a beacon in the night
    • Personification:
      • Giving human qualities to non-human entities
      • Example: The wind sang through the meadow, The old car groaned as it started
    • Apostrophe:
      • Addressing someone absent, non-human, or an abstract idea directly
      • Example: Fortune, how you change with time!, Moon, guide me through my darkest hour
    • Allusion:
      • A brief reference to a well-known person, event, or object in history or literature
      • Example: He has the Midas touch in business, Their love story was quite the Romeo and Juliet
    • Hyperbole:
      • An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally
      • Example: I've told you a thousand times!, I'm so hungry I could eat a horse
    • Litotes:
      • An understatement for emphasis, often using double negatives
      • Example: He's not unlike his father, Winning the lottery wouldn't be a bad thing
    • Metonymy:
      • Using a closely related object or concept as a substitute for the actual thing
      • Example: The crown will find an heir (Crown representing royalty), The pen is mightier than the sword (Pen representing writing, sword representing military force)
    • Synecdoche:
      • A part of something represents the whole, or vice versa
      • Example: The world needs more hands (Hands representing people), He bought a beautiful set of wheels (Wheels representing a car)
    • Paradox:
      • A statement that contradicts itself but contains a plausible kernel of truth
      • Example: Less is more, I must be cruel to be kind
    • Oxymoron:
      • A phrase that combines two contradictory terms
      • Example: Bitter sweet, Living death
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