Figure of speech and its examples?

Answer 1

Figures of Speech

Metaphor - compare two unlike thing by saying that one thing is the other thing. It didn't use like or as.

Ex: She is the apple of my eye.

He has a heart of gold.

Simile - compares two unlike things. It is uses the words as or like.

Ex: Her chicks are like as a cherry blossom.

His eyes are like glitters.

Personification- giving human attributes to objects.

Ex: The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

The run down house appeared depressed.

Hyperbole - form of inordinate exaggeration according to which person or thing is depicted as being better or worse, or larger or smaller, than is actually the case. Hyperbole means using exaggerated statement.

Ex: "I've told you a million times."

"It was so cold; I saw polar bears wearing jackets."

Exclamation - sudden outcry or interjection expressing violent emotion, such as fright, grief, or hatred.

Ex: "Out, out, dammed spot…!"

"O villain, villain. Smiling damned villain..!"

Climax - arrangement of words. Arhetorical device or figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each is built above its predecessor in impressiveness.

Ex: Lost, vided, broken, and dead within an hour.

"There are three things that will endure: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love."

Alliteration - the same sound is repeated noticeably at the beginning of words placed close together

Ex: "World Wide Web"

"Find four furry foxes"

Onomatopoeia - using words to imitate the sound they represent

Ex: "I heard the hiss of steam down in the access tunnel."

"The clock in the living room cuckooed the hour."

Paradox - a statement that seems self-contradictory. The effect of this is to jolt the reader into paying attention.

Ex: "He who loses his life for my sake will save it."

"One day is sometimes better than a whole year."

Oxymoron - a paradoxical statement in which two contradictory terms or words are brought together.

Ex: "The quiet was deafening."

"He was clearly misunderstood."

Antithesis - parallelism in grammatical pattern but strong contrast in meaning.

Ex: "Give me liberty or give me death!"

"That isn't the truth, it's a lie."

Metonymy - substituting a word--which is suggested by it or which is closely associated with it--for another word

Ex: "He hit the bottle soon after his wife died."

"She counted heads."

Invocation - an apostrophe to a god or muse.

Ex: "God help me!"

"Ambition, you're a cruel master!"

Answer 2

A figure of speech is a literary device used to create an impact in writing. Some examples include metaphors (comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as" e.g. "time is a thief"), similes (comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as" e.g. "as brave as a lion"), and personification (giving human qualities to non-human things e.g. "the wind whispered secrets").

Answer 3

A figure of speech is a way of adding dramatic flair to prose or poetry. Some examples of figures of speech include metaphor, simile, hyperbole, and alliteration.