English Confluence By CL Gautam

CL Gautam English Confluence         PGT English  6-OXYMORON- CONTRAST Definition-It is a figure of speech in which two contradictory words or expressions are put together in a statement which are opposite in meaning and yet they are seemingly true and beautiful. 1-She is my sweetest enemy. 2- He is an innocent criminal. 3- Some students are regularly irregulars. 4-This is an open secret. 5-Life is bitter sweet. 6-I have sweet pain in my stomach . 7- APOSTROPHE- Definition- It is a figure of speech by which poet addresses a dead person or a personified idea or object.The absent, the inanimate and the abstract is addressed as if they are present, living and conscious.or *Addressing someone absent,dead or non- human as if that person or thing were present. For example. When the poet says; O death! Where is thy sting'? O graves! Where is thy victory? 1-O World! O Life! O Time! 2- O Solitude! Where are thy charm . 3-' " O Nature thou are my godd...

LITERARY TERMS  FIGURE OF SPEECH.          1- SIMILE - Simile is a figure of speech in which two different objects/things are compared together,at least one quality should be same in both.('just as' 'as','such as',  'as' 'like' 'similarly' ) are used to show the comparison.   For eg. 1-Life is like a box of chocolates. 2- She is like a rose. 3. He is as blind as bat. 4- as brave as a lion 5- wan pale as late winter's moon. 6- Her face ashen like that of a corpse. 7- seems as big as doom. 8- spectacles like bottle bits on stone 2- METAPHOR- Definition-Metaphor is an implied  simile or a hidden comparison.The likeness is embodied in a single word.Here the two dissimilar objects are identified as one.without using as,so, like, For example. 1-Kalidas is the Shakespeare of India. 2- Love is battlefield 3-The camel is the ship of desert. 4- He is the star of the family. 6- The lion is the king of the forest. 7- Squrrel's game 8- rat...