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metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, irony,..etc
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- Simile: comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as" (e.g. "as brave as a lion").
- Metaphor: direct comparison between two unlike things (e.g. "time is a thief").
- Personification: giving human qualities to something non-human (e.g. "the sun smiled down on us").
- Hyperbole: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally (e.g. "I've told you a million times").
- Alliteration: repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words (e.g. "peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers").
- Onomatopoeia: words that imitate sounds (e.g. "buzz," "crash").
- Oxymoron: putting two contradictory words together (e.g. "bittersweet," "deafening silence").
- Irony: words used to convey a meaning that is opposite of the literal meaning (e.g. a fire station burning down).
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What is the Tagalog of figure of speech?
The Tagalog term for "figure of speech" is "larawang-diwa."
What parts of speech is understatement?
Understatement is a figure of speech, not a specific part of speech. It involves presenting something as less important or less serious than it actually is.
What can an idiom be called?
An idiom can also be called a figure of speech or a saying.
Is idiom a part of figures of speech?
Yes, an idiom is a type of figure of speech. Idioms are phrases that have a figurative meaning different from the literal meanings of the individual words in the expression.
Figure of speech which is apparently contradictory terms appear in a conjunction?
One example of this figure of speech is the oxymoron, where two seemingly opposite words are placed together to create a unique meaning, such as "jumbo shrimp" or "deafening silence."
All kinds of figure of speech?
Figure of speech is the use of word or phrase to interpret a certain idea. The second figure of speech means, continuing the same sentence or making a comparison with the idea in the previous sentence.
What figure no one can see?
A figure of speech
8 figure of speech?
A figure of speech is a word or phrase that goes beyond its literal meaning. Eight examples of figures of speech include simile, metaphor, hyperbole, alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia, irony, and sarcasm.
What is the 8 figure of speech?
The eighth figure of speech is irony. Irony is when words are used to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning, often for humorous or emphatic effect.
What is a silmile?
Do you mean "simile"? a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
What are 8 kinds of speech?
noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection
Figure of speech according to similarities?
figure of speech according to categories
What is the Tagalog of figure of speech?
The Tagalog term for "figure of speech" is "larawang-diwa."
Give him credit is an example of what figure of speech?
figure of speech is a kind of a style. the credit of this is point of figure.
What figure of speech is Munch and Crunch?
They are verbs
What figure of speech is as slippery as glass?
Simile
What is the figure of speech in the first line?
The figure of speech in the first line is Simile.
