Figures of Speech Showing Comparison and Contrast Identify the figures of speech in the sentences below. Restrict your answers to euphemism, irony, paradox, litotes, simile, metaphor and oxymoron. 1. The TV series, ‘The Unpopular Celebrities’, would be aired on channel 115. 2. “We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity…” 3. Your work was not up to scratch. 4. Language can enable communication and block it as well. 5. Globally, 2020 has been such a beautiful year. 6. The group does not know the exact estimate of the life science project. 7. Her ideas are as dry as dust. 8. “All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; ... And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages.” As You Like It (Act 2 Scene 7) by William Shakespeare. 9. Your mission is not to accept the mission. Do you accept? 10. I cannot disagree with your point of view.

1. The TV series, ‘The Unpopular Celebrities’, would be aired on channel 115. Irony

2. “We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity…” Euphemism

3. Your work was not up to scratch. Euphemism

4. Language can enable communication and block it as well. Paradox

5. Globally, 2020 has been such a beautiful year. Irony

6. The group does not know the exact estimate of the life science project. Oxymoron

7. Her ideas are as dry as dust. Simile

8. “All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; ... And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages.” As You Like It (Act 2 Scene 7) by William Shakespeare. Metaphor

9. Your mission is not to accept the mission. Do you accept? Paradox

10. I cannot disagree with your point of view. Litotes

Explanation:

Figures of speech are those words or phrases that are used in writings that led to the rhetorical effect of the words used. these languages are used by writers to give more body or essence to their work.

Sentences 1 and 5 are irony for they present a scene which is contrary to what really is.

Sentences 2 and 3 are an euphemism for they used words that conceal any harsh or blunt negative words.

Sentences 4 and 9 are paradoxes for they combines contradictory situations or figures in the use of the words "enable/block" and "not to accept/accept".

Sentence 6 is an oxymoron for it used contradictory to one another in a consecutive sequence (exact/estimate).

Sentence 7 is a simile for it compares two things with the use of "as".

Sentence 8 is a metaphor for the different stages or phases of a man's life in reality.

Sentence 10 is a litotes which is an ironic statement that uses double negatives which results in a positive statement or conclusion. The word "cannot/ disagree" results in the conclusion that I agree with your point of view.

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