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Figures of speech are rhetorical devices that enhance writing by creating special effects or meanings. Key types include similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, irony, puns, alliteration, assonance, apostrophes, and oxymorons, each serving unique purposes in expression. These devices help convey complex ideas, evoke emotions, and add creativity to language.

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figure of speech

Figures of speech are rhetorical devices that enhance writing by creating special effects or meanings. Key types include similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, irony, puns, alliteration, assonance, apostrophes, and oxymorons, each serving unique purposes in expression. These devices help convey complex ideas, evoke emotions, and add creativity to language.

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Figures of Speech

Figures of speech are rhetorical devices used to create a special effect or meaning in
writing. They often involve the use of words in ways that differ from their ordinary
meanings to express complex ideas, evoke emotions, or add creativity.

1. Simile

A simile is a comparison between two things using "like" or "as." It highlights similarities
between the two.

- Example: "He is as brave as a lion."

2. Metaphor

A metaphor directly compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as," stating that
one thing *is* the other to emphasize their similarity.

- Example: "Time is a thief."

3. Personification

Personification gives human characteristics to non-human things or abstract ideas.

- Example: "The wind whispered through the trees."

4. Hyperbole

Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement used for emphasis or effect, not meant to be taken
literally.

- Example: "I've told you a million times!"

5. Irony

Irony is a contrast between appearance and reality, often highlighting an unexpected


outcome.

- Example: A fire station burns down.


6. Pun

A pun is a play on words that exploits multiple meanings or similar sounds of words for
humor or cleverness.

- Example: "I used to be a baker, but I couldn't make enough dough."

7. Alliteration

Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of closely
connected words.

- Example: "She sells seashells by the seashore."

8. Assonance

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words, creating internal rhyme.

- Example: "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain."

9. Apostrophe

Apostrophe is a figure of speech where the speaker addresses an absent or imaginary


person, or a personified object or idea.

- Example: "O Death, where is thy sting?"

10. Oxymoron

An oxymoron is a combination of contradictory or opposite words.

- Example: "Bittersweet."

“Virtual reality”

“Pretty ugly”

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