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Book Free DemoIdentify the poetic lines where the following figures of speech are employed and complete the tabular column.
How could this be | Lights flicker on and off |
It just sits there, never getting small or ever growing tall | Inside it has a ton of Space |
Figure of speech | Meaning | Lines |
Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is
made to represent the whole or vice
versa. e.g. “The Western wave was all
a-flame.” The “Western wave” is a synecdoche as it
refers to the sea by the name of one of its
parts i.e. wave | |
Paradox | A figure of speech in which a statement appears to contradict itself. e.g. To bring peace we must war. Be cruel to be kind. | |
Onomatopoeia | A figure of speech wherein the word imitates the sound associated with the object it refers to. e.g. Pitter patter, pitter patter Raindrops on my pane. | |
Rhetorical Questions | A figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer. e.g. And what is so rare as a day in June? |
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