Figure of Speech (or stylistic
device or rhetorical device) is using of different styles to complement an
idea, feeling or meaning. These speeches give importance, newness of
expression, or clearness. The following are the figures of speeches:
<span> Synecdoche, Anastrophe, Anaphora, Antonomasia, Personification,
Simile, Analogy, Metaphor, Alliteration, Euphemism, Assonance, Idiom, Funny Metaphors, Jargon, Double Negative, Anadiplosis, Appositive, Enthymeme, Parallelism,<span> Adjunction</span>, Antithesis, Apostrophe, Climax, Metonymy, Oxymoron, Litotes, Paralipsis, Hyperbole,<span> Onomatopoeia,
Imagery, Symbol, Pun</span>, Allegory, Tautology, Rhetoric, Zeugma, Anticlimax, Consonance, Irony, Polysyndeton, Rhetorical
Question, Asyndeton, Parenthesis, Antimetabole, Epistrophe, Understatement, Chiasmus, Epithet and <span>False Analogy.</span></span>
The sentence showed the part of the story where Marilyn is making letters for her family. She wants her brother to remember only the positive side of her. This is a paraphrase of the sentence. "She paused from time to time to think carefully on what words to say for her family, then she continued to write her letters."
