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Figure of Speech

A figure of speech is an ornamental or non-literal use of language to enhance meaning. It involves using words in a way that differs from their literal meaning. Common types of figures of speech include similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, irony, and imagery. Similes explicitly compare two unlike things using like or as. Metaphors implicitly identify two unlike subjects. Personification gives human qualities like life or intelligence to non-living objects. Alliteration repeats the same sounds at the beginning of words. Irony uses words to mean the opposite of their literal meaning. Imagery creates pictures in the mind through descriptive language that appeals to the senses.

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Figure of Speech

A figure of speech is an ornamental or non-literal use of language to enhance meaning. It involves using words in a way that differs from their literal meaning. Common types of figures of speech include similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, irony, and imagery. Similes explicitly compare two unlike things using like or as. Metaphors implicitly identify two unlike subjects. Personification gives human qualities like life or intelligence to non-living objects. Alliteration repeats the same sounds at the beginning of words. Irony uses words to mean the opposite of their literal meaning. Imagery creates pictures in the mind through descriptive language that appeals to the senses.

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What is a figure of speech?

Figure of speech Definition: It is ornamental use of words. It is used to increase the efficacy of words in a
sentence. For Examples, if we say, ‘’There are many pillars in this building’’, the word pillars are used in its
general sense. When we say, ‘’Defeat is the pillar of victory’’, the word pillar is pillar used in figurative sense.

Types of figure of speech with Examples

1: SIMILE

It is a figure of comparison in which two dissimilar things are compared explicitly for a point of similarity.
Simile is usually introduced by such words as: ‘’Like, as, such as, just as’’.

EXAMPLES:

1. Ali is Like a brother to me.


2. Ahmad is as brave as a lion.
3. The child ran like a hare.
4. The stag is as foolish as a fox.
5. His face is like a book.
6. My younger brother is just as good as

2: METAPHOR

It is an implicit comparison without using such as; ‘’LIKE, AS, just as, such as.’’ It is second type of figure of
speech.

In it, two subjects of completely different nature are identified.

EXAMPLES:

1. The camel is the ship of desert.


2. Gamma was the Rustam of Pakistan.
3. Rahim is the Shibli of our school.
4. My Elder son is the star of the family.
5. Salma Chand BiBi of our city.
6. Life is a tale told by an idiot.

3: PERSONIFICATION

In personification, inanimate (lifeless) objects and abstract ideas are spoken of as having life and intelligence.

EXAMPLES:

1. Opportunity knocks at the door once.


2. Ambition mars their useful toil.
3. Death lays its icy hands on everyone.
4. The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon.
5. Crime skulks in the streets.
6. Her patience replies to that murmur.

4: Alliteration

It is repetition of the same sound or syllables at the beginning of two or more words.

EXAMPLES:

1. How high his honor holds his haughty head!


2. An Austrian Army Awful A
3. A reading road rumbles round the shine.
4. The breeze blew, the foam flew, the furrow free.
5. Willful waste makes woeful want.
6. A strong struggle made against storm.

5: IRONY

It is use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think especially in order to be funny.

EXAMPLES:

1. Ali is all Politeness (whereas Ali is Uncivilized).


2. She speaks of her unlawful sisters as ‘’the jewels of our father.’’
3. Sajid is all intelligence (whereas he is very dull).

6: IMAGERY

It is language that produces pictures in the minds of people by means of words.

Types of IMAGERY:
1. VISUAL
 Huge trees in the thick and dark forest.
 Woods filled up with snow.
2. Auditory
 The rustling of leaves.
 Harness bells a shake.
3. Smell
 Scent of apples.
 Scent of orange.
 Scent of lemon.
 Fragrance of flowers.
4. Taste
 Sweet and juicy orange.
 Sweet and Sutras lemon.
5. Touch
 Rugged and rough path.
 Smooth fur.
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