what is figure of speech define it and also define there all types with examples
A figure of speech is a word or phrase that has a meaning other than the literal meaning. Some commonly used figures of speech and their examples are as follows:
Alliteration is a term that describes a literary stylistic device. It occurs when a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound.
For example: ‘Three grey geese in a green field grazing,
Grey were the geese and green was the grazing.’ (Consonant ‘g’ sound is repeated.)
Refrain is also a figure of speech often used in poetry. Refrain is a set of words, a line or a verse that is repeated throughout the poem. It usually occurs at the end of a stanza.
For example: ‘For men may come and men may go, but I go on forever’. (from the poem ‘The Brook’)
A simile is used to compare two things of a different kind that have at least one thing in common.
It uses the words ‘as’ or ‘like’ to make the comparison.
For example: Cinderella was as beautiful as a rose.
A metaphor also makes comparison between two things of different kinds.
Unlike a simile, it does not say that ‘one thing is like another’. Instead, a metaphor implies that one thing has become another or that two things are one and the same.
For example: Maharana Pratap was a lion in the battle field.
There are many other figures of speech: hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia, etc.
For getting more assistance on the remaining figures of speech we would request you to kindly ask only one single query in each thread.
Alliteration is a term that describes a literary stylistic device. It occurs when a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound.
For example: ‘Three grey geese in a green field grazing,
Grey were the geese and green was the grazing.’ (Consonant ‘g’ sound is repeated.)
Refrain is also a figure of speech often used in poetry. Refrain is a set of words, a line or a verse that is repeated throughout the poem. It usually occurs at the end of a stanza.
For example: ‘For men may come and men may go, but I go on forever’. (from the poem ‘The Brook’)
A simile is used to compare two things of a different kind that have at least one thing in common.
It uses the words ‘as’ or ‘like’ to make the comparison.
For example: Cinderella was as beautiful as a rose.
A metaphor also makes comparison between two things of different kinds.
Unlike a simile, it does not say that ‘one thing is like another’. Instead, a metaphor implies that one thing has become another or that two things are one and the same.
For example: Maharana Pratap was a lion in the battle field.
There are many other figures of speech: hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia, etc.
For getting more assistance on the remaining figures of speech we would request you to kindly ask only one single query in each thread.
