1/ What is Alliteration?
= Repetition of a consonant at the beginning of two or more words is known as alliteration.
@Example : "Puffs, powder, patches, Bibles,billet-doux".
2/ What is Anaphora?
= Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginnings of two or more successive verse lines,clauses,or sentences is called Anaphora.
@ Example :
"So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this,and this gives life to thee."
3/ What is Consonance?
=Repetition of consonants without similar vowels for two or more times at the end of accented syllables is called Consonance.
4/ What is Conceit?
= Conceit is a comparison between two far-fetched things of different kinds.
@ Example :
"If they be two, they are two so
As stiff twin compasses are two;"
5/ What is Epigram?
=Epigram is a brief and witty statement which is apparently self-contradictory.
6/What is Irony?
= Irony is a statement or a situation or an action which actually means the opposite of its surface meaning.
7/What is Invocation?
= Invocation is a formal prayer to the Muse for inspiration, help and guidance at the beginning of an epic.
8/ What is Metaphor?
= Metaphor is an implicit comparison between two different things.
#Example: "Liza is a rose"
9/ What is Oxymoron?
= Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two contradictory words are put together.
@ Example : " Terrible beauty "
10/ What is Personification?
=Personification is a figure of speech in which lifeless things are given imaginary life.
11/ What is Simile?
= A simile is an explicit comparison between two different things. Usually "as" and "like" are used in it.
Example :
"We die,
As your hours do,and dry
Away"
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