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• Figures of Speech


  A word or a phrase used in a distinctive way to produce a rhetorical effect, where the actual meaning is different from the literal meaning
• Figures of speech are an integral part of any language, used extensively in day-to-day speech, written texts and oral literature
• Figures of speech are developed and expressed through a variety of different rhetorical techniques
• All of us use different figures of speech in our daily conversations, both deliberately and subconsciously
• Types of Figures of Speech

  • Personification
  • Metaphor
  • Simile
  • Alliteration
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Hyperbole
  • Euphemism
  • Irony
  • Anaphora
  • Apostrophe
• Personification


  Attributing human nature or human qualities to abstract or inanimate objects
• Personification


  • The howling wind
  • Dancing leaves
  • Time flies
  • The opportunity knocked at his door
  • The plants in her house silently begged to be watered
• Metaphor


  A figure of speech used for implying a comparison between two things that have something in common but are in general different from each other
• Metaphor


  • It is raining cats and dogs
  • He is the star of our class
• Simile


  A figure of speech that compares two things that are different from each other but have similar qualities, generally formed through the usage of the words 'as' or 'like'
• Simile


  • He is as brave as a lion
  • Her expression was as cold as ice
• Alliteration


  A type of figure of speech in which a sentence consists of a series of words that have the same consonant sound at the beginning
• Alliteration


  • She sells seashells on the seashore
  • A good cook could cook as many cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies
• Onomatopoeia


  A figure of speech that is used to express a sound, involving the use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the action or object referred to
• Onomatopoeia


  • The buzzing bee flew over my head
  • The stone hit the water with a splash
• Hyperbole


  A figure of speech that consists of an exaggeration, used to emphasize or heighten the effect of something
• Hyperbole


  • I have told you a million times to not touch my stuff!
  • She has got a pea-sized brain
• Euphemism


  The usage of a mild word in substitution of something that is more explicit or harsh when referring to something unfavorable or unpleasant
• Euphemism


  • This mall has good facilities for differently-abled people
  • He passed away in his sleep
• Irony/Sarcasm


  A figure of speech in which the usage of words conveys the opposite of their literal meaning, often used in a humorous manner
• Irony/Sarcasm


  • Your hands are as clean as mud
  • The dinner you served was as hot as ice
• Anaphora


  Repetition of a word or phrase at the start of several sentences or clauses
• Anaphora


  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: "I Have a Dream" Speech
  • Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities
• Apostrophe


  A figure of speech that addresses a subject that is not present in the work, where the object is absent or inanimate
• Apostrophe


  • Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are
  • Welcome, O life!