A figure of speech is an expression in
which the words are not used in their literal sense.
A figure of speech is designed to portray an idea more clearly or more interestingly. The most common types of figures of speech are metaphors,similes, idioms, personification, hyperbole, and euphemisms Note: Some sources do not differentiate between a figure of speech andfigurative language. As the term figurative language includes techniques that might employ the literal meanings of words (e.g., alliteration, assonance,consonance, onomatopoeia), an alternative definition for figure of speech is the use of words in an unusual or imaginative manner.
Examples of Figures of Speech
Here are some examples of figures of speech in the categories
which most commonly employ words in their non-literal meaning:
A metaphor asserts
that one thing is something that it literally is not. For example:
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This bedroom is a prison.
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He's a real gannet.
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He listened with a stone face.
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We don't need dinosaurs in this company.
A simile likens one
thing to another (usually achieved by the use of the wordlike or as). For example:
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He eats like a gannet.
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This sandwich tastes like sawdust between
two doormats.
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She sings like an angel.
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It's like water off a duck's back.
Personification is
when non-human objects are given human traits. For example:
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The tide waits for no man.
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My car tends to give up on long hills.
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Summer's healing rays
Hyperbole is an
exaggeration or extravagant statement used for effect. For example:
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I have a million problems.
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We won a tonne of cash.
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I'll die if I don't finish this crossword.
An idiom is commonly
used expression whose meaning does not relate to the literal meaning of its
words. For example:
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Be careful not to miss the boat.
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This is the last straw.
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You can't pull the wool over my eyes.
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Don't sit on the fence. Say what you mean.
A euphemism is the
use of agreeable or inoffensive words to replace rude or offensive ones. For
example:
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kicked the bucket = has died
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letting you go = you're fired
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lost his marbles = is mad
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Std 8
English
Prose
1.
Everything for the Best
2.
Idgah
3.
Fourteen (from SR)
Poem
1.
In Memoriam
2.
The Echoing Green
3.
Mulga Bill’s Bicycle (from
SR)
Grammar
1.
Nouns (Rev)
2.
Verbs
3.
Articles
4.
Relative Clauses
5.
Modal Auxiliaries
6.
Prepositions
Composition
1.
Comprehension
2.
Magazine Article
3.
Debate
4.
Diary Entry
5.
Speech Writing
6.
Newspaper Report writing
7.
Formal Letter
8.
Notice
9.
Data Interpretation
Hindi:
paz
Baart ko samaud/I
tT
gaaokI- [MsTIT\yaUT
kivata
pirMdo kI Ôiryaad
vyaakrNa
AivakarI Sabd
vaa@ya
mauhavaro
laaokaoi@tyaaÐ
Anaok SabdaoM ko
ilae ek Sabd
rcanaa
Apizt gad\yaaMSa
Apizt pd\yaaMSa
inabaMQa laoKna
p~laoKna
³AaOpcaairk´
khanaI saMcaya
mana kI kaomalata
Baagya ka Kola
Mathematics:
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Construction of quadrilaterals
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Surface area and volume
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Data Handling
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Graphs
Science
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Chapter10: Reaching the age of Adolescence
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Chapter 13: Chemical
effects of electric Current
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Chapter 7:
Conservation of plants & Animals
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Chapter 17: Pollution of Air and Water
So.Sc:
History
and Civics
Geography
Computers
Ch 10
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NOTE- Students can do the project individually or in group and submit it on 04/03/2015 without fail.
Std: VIII |
Term: II |
Duration : 3 periods |
Subject: Mathematics |
Topic:
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Natural calamities.
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Sub-topics:
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To find time
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To prepare pie chart.
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Learning outcome(s): Students will be able to:
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investigate the speed of the
cyclone and use formula of speed, distance and time to predict the arrival
of tornado to the shore so that warning
to the people can be given and evacuation work could be taken on time to save
the life of people living in coastal area.
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estimate the damage caused by the
Cyclone Hudhud and Prepare a pie chart.
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Material
required:
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Paper, pen , chart paper , colour marker
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Presentation
Type:
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Chart
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Instructional
Methodology:
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Divide the class in groups of 4
students.
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Ask each group to collect
information about the speed of hudhud cyclone in any of the two
state Orissa or Andhra Pradesh. (students can use computer lab to use
net)
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estimate the distance.
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find the arrival time of the
cyclone to the coast using the formula
 (Students
can select any of the two state)
Making
of pie graph.
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Collect the data of casualty by
Hudhud and prepare a pie graph on chart paper.
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Students can search on net for
loss of human life, building damage, crop damage etc.
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imesofindia.indiatimes.com/.../Cyclone-Hudhuds
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indiatoday.intoday.in/story/live-cyclone-hudhud.
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EVLUATION
2 marks for finding
time
2 marks for
collecting data
2 marks for
converting data into degree
3 marks for making
pie graph
1 mark for neatness
and group work
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