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A part of speech -- there are eight -- defines the classification of a word.
- For example, run is a verb, house is a noun and so forth.
A figure of speech is a phrase used for emphasis which is not real.
- For example, 'you eat like a horse' doesn't mean that the person eats standing on all fours with chin in trough munching on oats. That figure of speech means that the person consumes more than average amounts of food.
So a figure of speech is not a part of speech in the sense implied by your question.
Another answer:
'Figure of speech' is a noun phrase.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe word figure is a noun and a verb (figure, figures, figuring, figured). Example uses:
As a noun: The figure I was quoted was much too high.
As a noun: You have a good figure for that style.
As a verb: I will figure out if we pay the electric bill or put gas in the car this month.
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When a part is used to represent the whole?
It is a figure of speech known as a synechdoche. For example, you might say "wheels" to mean a car or "bread" to represent food of all sorts.
What kind of figure of speech is I'd tell the violin?
Personifacation
Is the expression tooth and nail a hyperbole?
It is - a figure of speech not to be taken literally
What part of speech is count?
"Count" can be both a noun and a verb, depending on how it is used. As a noun, it refers to a numerical figure. As a verb, it means to determine or calculate the number of something.
What is the figure of speech of The leaves of life keep falling one by one?
Metaphor
Does part of you by Katy perry have figure of speech?
no you fool
What part of speech is ants in his pants?
he has sants in his paints
What is the figure of speech used as whole of a part or part of a whole?
The figure of speech used to represent the whole of a part or part of a whole is called synecdoche. It involves using a specific part of something to represent the entire thing or using the entire thing to represent just a part of it.
What figure no one can see?
A figure of speech
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 part of speech is personifcation?
The word personification is a noun. Personification is a figure of speech where an inanimate object is given human-like qualities.
What is the Tagalog of figure of speech?
The Tagalog term for "figure of speech" is "larawang-diwa."
Figure of speech according to similarities?
figure of speech according to categories
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 is the figure of speech used in this sentence- The rancher hired three new hands to help with the branding of the cattle?
A synechdoche is used in this sentence. A synechdoche is a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.
What figure of speech is Munch and Crunch?
They are verbs
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.
