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elena55 [62]
3 years ago
10

Figures of speech names, definitions, and examples for each.

English
2 answers:
Bezzdna [24]3 years ago
6 0
Simile example: She had eyes like the ocean
Metaphor example: Her tears flowed like a river down her cheeks
Personification example: The lightning danced in the sky
Hyperbole example: I was freezing to death last night
Another example: My shirt was 60 million sizes too big
Radda [10]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

In European languages, figures of speech are generally classified in five major categories: (1) figures of resemblance or relationship (e.g., simile, metaphor, kenning, conceit, parallelism, personification, metonymy, synecdoche, and euphemism); (2) figures of emphasis or understatement (e.g., hyperbole, litotes, .

Explanation:

SIMILE. In simile two unlike things are explicitly compared. ...

METAPHOR. It is an informal or implied simile in which words like, as, so are omitted. ...

PERSONIFICATION. ...

METONYMY. ...

APOSTROPHE. ...

HYPERBOLE. ...

SYNECDOCHE. ...

TRANSFERRED EPITHETS.

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