
It is used in apparently contradicting words and indicates some important hidden meaning. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.In antithesis, words or ideas are brought into contrast in order to create a balanced one against the other. The rhetorical contrast of idea by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences. The story he won the battle single-handedly is merely a fable. The fable of the old man, his son, and the ass show the folly of attempting to please everyone. The well-known fable of tortoise and hare teaches the lesson, ‘Slow and steady wins the race’. In the fable, animals speak and act like human beings. It is a legendary story that tells about the happenings of something supernatural. Parable of the corrupting effect of great wealth, for he always assumed thatĮveryone was after his money and out to cheat him.” 8 – Fable

It is a short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle. It is an indirect representation of a direct one so to avoid abruptness. It is an effective mode of securing attention, expression of emotion, and creating a poetic effect.īy using a euphemism, we speak in a softened and milder form to give the expression of unpleasant thing. Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which exaggeration of words is made on a statement in order to create impressiveness. The court order required both parents’ consent.We voted for higher teachers’ salaries.

In this figure of speech, a mark used to indicate the omission of letters or figures, the possessive case (as in “Maria’s book”), or the plural of letters or figures (as in “the 1970’s”). On little cat feet (Sandburg) 4 – ApostropheĪn apostrophe is the address of a usually absent person or a usually personified thing rhetorically. In short, it is called a visible representation of something Personification is the representation of personal qualities or human feelings or motives to inanimate natural elements. It can make things easier to imagine when you read them. In the above example, we do not use the word “like” in metaphor. In metaphor, words “like, so, as” are not used. The metaphor is an implied comparison without the use of any comparative word. So slender sohrab seemed, so softly reared. Its slight dark shadow on the moonlit turf,īy midnight, to a bubbling fountain’s sound Which in a queen’s secluded garden throws Like some young cypress, tall and dark, and straight. It is the imitation of words that is expressed in a descriptive manner. It is expressed in a short and brief way.
