Figure of Speech

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FIGURE OF SPEECH : A mode of expression in which words are used out of their literal meaning or out of their ordinary use in order to add beauty or emotional intensity or to transfer the poet's sense impressions by comparing or identifying one thing with another that has a meaning familiar to the reader. Some important figures of speech are: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole and symbol. Example Of Figure Of Speech: al·lit·er·a·tion (-lt-rshn) The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables, as in "on scrolls of silver snowy sentences" (Hart Crane). Modern alliteration is predominantly consonantal; certain literary traditions, such as Old English verse, also alliterate using vowel sounds. al·lu·sion (-lzhn) n. 1. The act of alluding; indirect reference: Without naming names, the candidate criticized the national leaders by allusion. 2. An instance of indirect reference: an allusion to classical mythology in a poem. See Usage Note at allude. anacoluthia [ˌænəkəˈluːθɪə] (Literature / Rhetoric) Rhetoric lack of grammatical sequence, esp within a single sentence Anacoluthic. an·a·di·plo·sis (n-d-plss) n. pl. an·a·di·plo·ses (-sz) Rhetorical repetition at the beginning of a phrase of the word or words with which the previous phrase ended; for example, He is a man of loyaltyloyalty always firm. a·nal·o·gy (-nl-j) 1. a. Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar. b. A comparison based on such similarity. See Synonyms at likeness. 2. Biology Correspondence in function or position between organs of dissimilar evolutionary origin or structure. 3. A form of logical inference or an instance of it, based on the assumption that if two things are known to be alike in some respects, then they must be alike in other respects. 4.
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