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FIGURES OF SPEECH

FIGURES OF SPEECH: 1) OXYMARON :    Sentence which have both synonyms and antonyms Eg: 1. So innocent arch, so cunningly simple 2. His honour rooted in dishonour stood 3. Harmonic Cacophony to oblivious cars 2) ONOMATOPOEIA : Sound associated with name, sound of object orlivingthings . Eg : 1. Cuckoo, sizzle, Tingling, Boom, Burst, Splash.    2. Cheep-Cheep –sound of birds.    3. The crow caws, the thunder rumbles. 3) ELLIPSIS:   A series of dots that an intentional omission of words. Eg : 1. I love u but ……….        2. I hate u but ……….. 4) ALLITERATION : A sentence with starting letter of word with series of consonants only without vowels. Eg : 1. S inews taut yet s teady    2.Through F edres & F right I f ig my f ight    3. M eet the m oon 5) SIMILE : Direct comparison between two objects . Eg: [like, as, so]     1. Like brothers a kin     2. Like a golden swarm of fire flies you came 6) METAPHOR : A metaphor is an implied