TNPSC General English Study Materials - Part B-1 Figures of Speech

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Part B -1 Figures of Speech  - TNPSC General English Study Materials

Figures of Speech for TNPSC Exams 

Alliteration 
Repeating initial consonant sound in several words in same line

Allusion –
Indirect Reference to something (object, place, event, etc.,)

Simile –
Comparison between two objects - comparison words like, so, as,,, will be used

Metaphor –
Comparison between two objects - comparison words is not used

Personification – 
Attributes life to non living objects

Oxymoron –
Using contradictory terms (opposite terms)

Onomatopoeia – 
Words denoting the sound produced by an act, object, etc..,

Anaphora – 
Using a pronoun like terms to denote something that already mentioned in the sentence

Ellipsis -
Omission of a part of sentence or word without altering the meaning

Rhyme Scheme - 
Order of the words with similar sound

Rhyming Words –
Using words with similar sound

Repetition – 
Repeating words or phrases in consecutive lines or same line

Apostrophe
Speaking to an imaginary object or person

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