Category: RHETORIC – Figure of Speech

Pun consists of a play on words that are alike in sound but different in meaning. It also occurs when the same word is used in two different senses. Examples …

Satire is a composition in verse or prose to ridicule the faults of individuals or communities. Unlike Sarcasm, it aims at improvement and reform rather than hurting and embittering. Examples : …

Alliteration consists in the repetition of the same sound or syllable at the beginning of two or more words. Examples : Unwept, unhonored, and unsung – Sir Walter Scott Most …

A climax is the arrangement of a series of ideas in order of increasing importance. Examples : I came, I saw, I conquered I laugh, I run, I leap, I sing, …

The paradox is a true statement of a proposition which is contrary to received opinion. In paradox is described in contradiction as an unseparated part of antithesis but in paradox, …

This type of device is mainly used to set a stay from a high flight. A statement which is begun seriously but gradually. It ends with very light sense. It …

This poetical device is used to set a transfer between two different points. In this figure, an epithet is transferred from its proper word to another that is closely associated …

A story in which animals, birds, and insects appear and talk and behave like human beings. It is the device that is used to characterize different human nature through animals …

Sarcasm is a device used like irony or satire. But it is defined as a contradictory admiration of human nature. Human nature that is unvivid due to the dilemma of …

Exaggeration is a very ancient device of English literary art. It is a representation of something in an excessive manner. The exaggeration has been a familiar figure in western culture …