{"id":9686,"date":"2023-04-24T15:23:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T09:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/?p=9686"},"modified":"2023-04-25T12:32:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T07:02:48","slug":"what-do-you-mean-by-figure-of-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/what-do-you-mean-by-figure-of-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"What do you mean by \u201cfigure of speech\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9686\" class=\"elementor elementor-9686\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff7df16 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"ff7df16\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74f2459\" data-id=\"74f2459\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-057a17a elementor-widget elementor-widget-qi_addons_for_elementor_typeout_text\" data-id=\"057a17a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"qi_addons_for_elementor_typeout_text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-qi-typeout-text\" data-strings=\"[&quot;speech\\u201d?&quot;,&quot;speech\\u201d?&quot;,&quot;speech\\u201d?&quot;]\" data-cursor=\"|\">\n\t<h3 class=\"qodef-m-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWhat do you mean by \u201cfigure of \t\t\t\t<span class=\"qodef-typeout-holder\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"qodef-typeout\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78ac77a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78ac77a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">(Part: 1)<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e09abe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e09abe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writing is an art; you are an artist! And \u201cfigure of speech\u201d is that stroke of colour on your canvas that brings out your work to life and gives them a waft of fresh breath for time immemorial. It is a creative and rhetorical device to manifest words in a distinctive way. Unlike literal language, which also means straightforward language, the figure of speech is used to convey simpler thoughts in fanciful language to create an everlasting impact. While there are many commonly used figures of speech like metaphor, simile, irony, pun, and oxymorons, there are also some uncommon ones which are used very carefully and subtly in the correct place. But first, let us learn about the most used figures of speech.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s dive deeper into the ocean of figurative language and find the hidden pearls of writing!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1bf9c14 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"1bf9c14\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c1bb7f\" data-id=\"1c1bb7f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ca4585 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4ca4585\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9694\" alt=\"Metaphor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-9.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-9-600x234.jpg 600w, https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-9-768x300.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-649d466 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"649d466\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15ffcdc\" data-id=\"15ffcdc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a297448 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a297448\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The commonly used figure of speech, which we sometimes use in speaking as well, is Metaphor! It is used for denoting one object, person, or action through another object, person, or action. It simply states that one thing <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> another thing. Two things when compared are not similar but same and equal in nature.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><i>Example:<\/i><\/b><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. You\u2019re a peach!<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. My father has a heart of gold.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Laughter is a medicine for the soul.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Outside is a blanket of snow.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8750521 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"8750521\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10f017c\" data-id=\"10f017c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bda388 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8bda388\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9695\" alt=\"Simile\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-1-1.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-1-1-600x234.jpg 600w, https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-1-1-768x300.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51e0e87 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"51e0e87\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ca812f\" data-id=\"7ca812f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-380577b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"380577b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Much like a metaphor but different is the second type of figurative style of writing. It means comparing two things which pose similar qualities using words <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">like<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Making writing more vivid and descriptive, simile helps readers to conceive and visualise nouns that are being used in the sentence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><i>Examples:<\/i><\/b><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.\u00a0 As cold as ice.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. As slow as a sloth<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. As tall as a giraffe<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. As clever as a fox<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-129e3e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"129e3e5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-379de2f\" data-id=\"379de2f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b4b63a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5b4b63a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-2-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9699\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-2-2.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-2-2-600x234.jpg 600w, https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-2-2-768x300.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-528d603 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"528d603\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c99ecdf\" data-id=\"c99ecdf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-339f90c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"339f90c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irony is a rhetorical device which is generally used to communicate emotion or thoughts in an opposite way, mostly in a humorous and emphatic manner. In simple words, this figure of speech is used to convey the opposite of what you really want to say. The Cambridge Dictionary defines irony as \u201cthe use of words that are the opposite of what you mean, as a way of being funny\u201d.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b><i>Example:<\/i><\/b><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saying \u201cThank you!\u201d when someone breaks your favourite crayon.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saying \u201cWhat lovely perfume you\u2019re wearing\u201d when in reality you hate the smell.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saying \u201cSuch lovely weather\u201d when it is actually humid and sunny.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A person preaching sharing, but not giving food to the needy.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c65be4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"3c65be4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73bf7f4\" data-id=\"73bf7f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e943c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e943c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-3-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9700\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-3-2.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-3-2-600x234.jpg 600w, https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-3-2-768x300.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74856fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"74856fe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2628d3a\" data-id=\"2628d3a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22531ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22531ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, the term \u2018pun\u2019 is explained as \u201can expression that achieves emphasis or humour by contriving an ambiguity, two distinct meanings being suggested either by the same word or by two similar-sounding words.\u201d\u00a0The word helps to bring forth multiple meanings of the same word or the meaning of a word having the same sound. It may be regarded as in-jokes or idiomatic construction as its usage is specific to a particular word or expression.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b><i>Examples:<\/i><\/b><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jungle animals are very fair. Zebras are always stripped.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone thinks my runny nose is funny, but it&#8217;s snot.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has a photographic memory, but never developed it.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She was a good grammarian. She had a lot of comma sense.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9de6c72 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"9de6c72\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae6df86\" data-id=\"ae6df86\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7baacb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7baacb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-4-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9702\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-4-2.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-4-2-600x234.jpg 600w, https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-4-2-768x300.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37c0bc4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"37c0bc4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dafb276\" data-id=\"dafb276\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92b5a8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92b5a8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a literary device that juxtaposes contradictory terms to bring out a different meaning. These are poetically used to give a fresh perspective and outlook to a situation. However, not all combinations make sense. You need to carefully judge and evaluate before bringing two words together. And the thumb rule is, only two opposite words can be used together, not random words.<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/i><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The court has asked them to submit the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">original copy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the document.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fight between the two turned out to be <\/span><b>pretty ugly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Math was her <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">least favourite<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> subject in school.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zero-tolerance<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> policy for ragging.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ol><pre><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that you know the easiest and most used figures of speech, are you ready to know more? Well, wait for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for more style to alleviate your writing. Till then, use them daily in your writing and see the magic they create on paper.\u00a0<\/span><\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you mean by \u201cfigure of (Part: 1) Writing is an art; you are an artist! And \u201cfigure of speech\u201d is that stroke of colour on your canvas that brings out your work to life and gives them a waft of fresh breath for time immemorial. 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