Posted by Franco on Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 5:59pm.
1) An iamb is a two-syllable foot in an unstress-stress pattern as in the word "upon".
2) An anapaest is a three-syllable foot in an unstress-unstress-stress pattern as in "like a wolf".
3) An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two contradictory words or terms are side by side.
4) A euphemism is a figure of speech in which an inoffensive term is substituted for another which is considered to be offensive.
5) A simile is an explicit comparison between two things including the word "like" or "as", as in "You are as fast as lightning."
6) Irony is the use of a word to say the opposite of its literal meaning.
7) Litotes is a figure of speech involving a form of understatement in which denial of the opposite meaning of a word is used to convey that meaning. [You should probably give an example here. This is pretty vague!]
Related Questions
English - I forgot to include the following statements. Thank you. 1) You are ...
English - Thank you very much for your corrections. Here are some more sentences...
English - 1) If you listen to a normal conversation in English you will realise ...
English - Can you please check these sentences for me? Thank you very much. 1)...
English - Can you please tell me if the following sentences are possible? Thank ...
English - I'm having a hard time with the meter & feet part of my work ...
English please check my answer - Please check my answer thank you Cardiology is ...
Health - Which of the following statements is true? Stress management consists ...
English - I have a doubt concerning the following structure: The Asiatic lions ...
English - Can you please tell me if the following expressions are all possible? ...
For Further Reading
