IDENTIFY THE FIGURES OF SPEECH USED IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES :
1.THE MIRROR SAYS ,"I AM SILVER AND EXACT."
2.THE BLACKBOARD SAYS ,"THE MATHEMATICS TEACHER IS MY FAVOURITE TEACHER"
3.THE STORM WAS TYRONNOUS,HE WAS STRONG.
4.THE WEST WIND AWAKENED THE BLUE MEDITERRANEAN FROM HIS SUMMER DREAMS .

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The figure of speech used in all four sentences is personification as inanimate objects are given person-like qualities.
In the fourth sentence, alliteration is used ('West Wind'- the sound of 'w' is repeated).

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IDENTIFY THE FIGURES OF SPEECH USED IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES : 1.THE MIRROR SAYS ,"I AM SILVER AND EXACT." 2.THE BLACKBOARD SAYS ,"THE MATHEMATICS TEACHER IS MY FAVOURITE TEACHER" 3.THE STORM WAS TYRONNOUS,HE WAS STRONG. 4.THE WEST WIND AWAKENED THE BLUE MEDITERRANEAN FROM HIS SUMMER DREAMS .

The figure of speech used in all four sentences is personification as inanimate objects are given person-like qualities. In the fourth sentence, alliteration is used ('West Wind'- the sound of 'w' is repeated).

IDENTIFY THE FIGURES OF SPEECH USED IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES :
1.THE MIRROR SAYS ,"I AM SILVER AND EXACT."
2.THE BLACKBOARD SAYS ,"THE MATHEMATICS TEACHER IS MY FAVOURITE TEACHER"
3.THE STORM WAS TYRONNOUS,HE WAS STRONG.
4.THE WEST WIND AWAKENED THE BLUE MEDITERRANEAN FROM HIS SUMMER DREAMS .

The figure of speech used in all four sentences is personification as inanimate objects are given person-like qualities.
In the fourth sentence, alliteration is used ('West Wind'- the sound of 'w' is repeated).