figure of speech for class 12 with 50 example of each in detail
- 1. FIGURE OF SPEECH DR SANDEEP KUMAR GUPTA ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (ENGLISH) GOVT DEGREE COLLEGE BHOJPUR MORADABAD U.P.
- 2. Figures oF speech Figures of speech are words or phrases that depart from straight-forward, literal language. Figures of speech literal language. Figures of speech are often used and crafted for emphasis emphasis, freshness, expression expression, or clarity.
- 3. KINDS OF FIGURES OF SPEECH • Similes • Metaphors • Hyperboles • Personification • Personification • Onomatopoeia • Apostrophe • Oxymoron • Alliteration
- 4. SIMILE A simile is the comparison of two Unlike things using Like, As or So. Examples :- Her words are sweet like honey. Her words are sweet like honey. You are as pretty as a picture. Life is like a dream. I wandered as a cloud.
- 5. METAPHOR A Metaphor is an implied Simile Or A Metaphor is a condensed form of Simile in which comparison between two different objects is shown without the use of such word as – without the use of such word as – like, as or so. Examples : – He is the vulture of the state. He is the star of the family. Life is not a bed of roses. Gandhi Ji was the guiding star of the destiny of the India.
- 6. HYPERBOLE Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which things are represented as greater or smaller, better or worse than they really are. Examples :- Ten thousand I saw at a glance. Floods of tears flowed from her eyes. The clouds broke when he sneezed. Rivers of blood flowed on the battle field.
- 7. PERSONIFICATION In personification in inanimate objects and abstract notions are spoken of as having life and intelligence. EXAMPLE:- EXAMPLE:- Experience is the best teacher. Opportunity knock at the door but once. A lie has no legs. Time and tide wait for none.
- 8. ONOMATOPOEIA Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sound. Eg. Buzz, honk, Ding Dong, zip, fizz. Examples :- I just heard the meow of a cat. She heard the humming of bees. The beetle wheels his droning flight. The snakes are hissing and bees are buzzing.
- 9. APOSTROPHE An Apostrophe is a direct address to the dead, to the absent or to a personified object or idea. Examples :- Examples :- O death! Where is thy sting. O World! O Life! O Time!. O Solitude! Where are thy charms?
- 10. OXYMORON Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect. The common oxymoron phrase is a combination of an adjective proceeded by a noun with contrasting meanings, such as “cruel kindness,” or contrasting meanings, such as “cruel kindness,” or “living death”. Examples:- There was a love-hate relationship between the two neighboring states. The professor was giving a lecture on virtual reality. All the politicians agreed to disagree. There was an employee in the office who was regularly irregular.
- 11. ALLITERATION It is a figure of speech in which the same sound, syllable, letter or word is repeated at the beginning of two or more words. Examples:- "She sells sea shells by the sea-shore.“ "She sells sea shells by the sea-shore.“ "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.“ Water, water every where, Not any drop to drink. Day after day, day after day, We struck, nor breath nor motion.