What is figure of speech?

Figures of speech are rhetorical devices. Rhetoric is a collection of expression methods used in various articles or practical writing to improve the expression effect.

It includes metaphor, drawing, analogy (also known as figurative style, which is divided into personification and imitation), setting off (contrast, foil), overlapping words, truthfulness (also known as thimble and couplet), contrast, antithesis (antithesis, team battle, parallelism), rhetorical question, irony and so on.

Rhetoric is a way to improve language expression by modifying and adjusting sentences and using specific expressions. Extended information

Specific rhetorical devices:

1. Parallelism. Arrange three or more sentences with similar structure and length, consistent tone, related meaning or the same.

function: strengthen the language situation and language atmosphere, make the article more rhythmic, better organized, and more conducive to expressing strong feelings (expressive effect). Enhance the language situation, highlight some characteristics of something, and express some feelings of the author.

2. duality. A pair of phrases or sentences with equal words, the same or basically the same structural form and symmetrical meaning, expressing two relative or similar meanings.

function: neat and symmetrical, with strong sense of rhythm, high generalization, easy to remember and musical aesthetic feeling.

3. rhetorical question. Also known as provocation, cross-examination and cross-examination. Express definite meaning in the form of questions, ask questions in the form of affirmations, ask questions in the form of negatives, ask questions in the form of negatives, and don't answer. The answer is implied in rhetorical questions.

function: strengthen tone, make people think deeply, stimulate readers' feelings, deepen readers' impression, and enhance the momentum and persuasiveness of the text.

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