The figures of speechIt is the inversion of the normal order of speech in a particular sentence. It can also be said that the language is interrupted and speech takes a sudden turn. This is used for the purpose of emphasis. “Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man.”

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It is a comparison between two unlike things using the expressions "like" or "as”“a single dim ray like the thread of the spider ”

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The figures of speechIt is the use of words in a way that conveys a meaning opposite to its usual meaning or to what is ostensibly stated. It involves surprising, interesting, unexpected or amusing contradictions 1) The speaker keeps saying that he is not crazy but then he describes his actions. It's these actions that make him appear crazy.2) “I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.”

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The figures of speechThe exaggeration of a statement.

"For a whole hour I did not move a muscle,"

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The figures of speech: let’s revise!It is the presentation of details, characters, clues, or incidents in a narrative, in such a way that later events are prepared for. This technique helps build tension and suspense.“…I loved the old man... He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire… I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye for ever.”

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The repetition of initial consonant sounds. "Hearken! and observe how healthily, how calmly, I can tell you the whole story.

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The figures of speechSomething that is itself and also stands for something else:BED: rest, peace and security. DARKNESS: peace, silence, rest, comfort, death, evilHEART: love - spiritual, emotional and moral

core of a human being,

(Here, the bed is the murder weapon, so it is an : __________________ )

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The figures of speechSimiles and metaphors are both figures speech that are used to describe something by comparing it with something else. Similes use the words “like” or “as” while metaphors do not.

The man’s eye is like the eye of a vulture. This is a ________

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The figures of speechAddressing someone absent or dead or something nonhuman as if that person or thing were present and alive and could reply to what is being said. This figure of speech is called…

(“You fancy me mad.”)

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The figures of speechIt does not presuppose an answer but rather to spark (accendere la scintilla) readers into thinking about a subject (“but why will you say that I am mad?”)

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The figures of speechGiving attributes of a human being to an animal, object, or concept.

“Death in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him and enveloped the victim.”

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The figures of speech: let’s revise!A repeated word, phrase, sentence or cluster of words at the beginning of a clause.

“I heard all things in heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell.”

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