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FIGURE OF SPEECH - Coggle Diagram
FIGURE OF SPEECH
1. Simile
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A Simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words “like” "so" or “as.”
- The news ran as swift as light
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Repetition
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- Thrice they awareded, thrice did Heaven refuse the gift.
- Smile, smile, smile at your mind as often as possible.
- All for one and one for all
Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech in which words evoke the actual sound of the thing they refer to or describe.
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- The buzzing bee flew away.
- The sack fell into the river with a splash.
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Inversion
Inversion, also known as “anastrophe,” is a literary technique in which the normal order of words is reversed, in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter
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- The priests in solemn council sat and heard
- In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
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"A Figure of Speech is a departure from the ordinary form of expression or the ordinary course of ideas, in order to produce a great effect"