The word 'dog' is a noun, a word for a type of animal, a word for a thing.
The word 'dog' is a verb, meaning to follow someone persistently.
Tagalog Translation of FIGURE OF SPEECH: tayutay
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.
An idiom can also be called a figure of speech or a saying.
Yes idioms are somesort of figure of speech. Something like "In a jam" would be one of those.
Metonymy is a figure of speech where one word is substituted for another word that is closely related to it, while metaphor is a figure of speech where a word or phrase is used to describe something by suggesting a resemblance.
This is a simile, as it compares the quietness of the dog to its maximum level.
A figure of speech
They ran as fast as thye wind They act like a dog Life is a journey Your teeth are like stars Hefights like a lion He swims as fast as a fish
Tagalog Translation of FIGURE OF SPEECH: tayutay
figure of speech according to categories
figure of speech is a kind of a style. the credit of this is point of figure.
They are verbs
The sentence "The sea is a hungry dog" is an example of metaphor. The sea is not actually a dog, but the writer is indicating that the sea shares some similarities with the behavior or mannerisms of a hungry dog.
The figure of speech in the first line is Simile.
Simile
figure of speech
Neither. It is figure of speech that refers to the noise of a dry cough, or another loud or unpleasantly sharp vocalization.