20/09/2026
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📍SYNECDOCHE - Correct definition: a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or vice versa.
▪️Example: "All hands on deck" (hands represent the crew members).
📍SIMILE - Correct definition: a figure of speech that compares two different things using "like" or "as."
▪️Example: "She is as graceful as a swan."
📍PERSONIFICATION - Correct definition: giving human attributes or qualities to non-human entities, such as animals, objects, or ideas.
▪️Example: "The flowers danced in the wind."
📍OXYMORON - Correct definition: a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms.
▪️Example: "Deafening silence."
📍METONYMY - Correct definition: a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted with another closely related word or phrase.
▪️Example: "The White House issued a statement" (White House represents the U.S. government).
📍METAPHOR - Correct definition: a figure of speech that compares two different things by stating that one is the other.
▪️Example: "His voice is velvet."
📍IRONY - Correct definition: a literary device in which there is a discrepancy between expectation and reality, often leading to humor or a deeper meaning.
▪️Example: "The fire station burned down."
📍HYPERBOLE - Correct definition: a figure of speech that involves exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
▪️Example: "I've told you a million times."
📍EUPHEMISM - Correct definition: the use of a milder or less direct word or phrase to replace a harsh, offensive, or unpleasant one.
▪️Example: "He passed away" instead of "He died."
📍ELLIPSIS - Correct definition: the omission of one or more words in a sentence that can still be understood from the context.
▪️Example: "She ordered a pizza, and he [ordered] a salad."
📍ASYNDETON - Correct definition: the omission of conjunctions in a sentence to create a sense of speed or to emphasize each individual item or idea.
▪️Example: "I came, I saw, I conquered."
📍APOSTROPHE - Correct definition: a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an abstract idea, an absent person, or an inanimate object.
▪️Example: "O Death, where is thy sting?"
