Category: RHETORIC – Figure of Speech

Figure of Speech, PUN

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 …

Figure Of Speech : SATIRE

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 : …

Figure Of Speech : PARADOX

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, …

Figure Of Speech : FABLE

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 …

Figure Of Speech : EXAGGERATION

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 …