While some idioms use Hyperbole, generally all Hyperboles are not idioms. Idioms are fixed expressions and have same meaning with varied usage, Hyperboles can be varied and the impact or intention may vary according to the situation.
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Find below examples of oxymoron in English:
- Bittersweet
- Controlled chaos
- Awfully good
- Random order
An oxymoron is a figure of speech in English. It is a literary device where two contradictory words are paired together to form an unusual yet meaningful expression.
Examples for oxymoron:
- Clearly misunderstood
- Bittersweet
- Original copy
Yes, we often use transferred epithets in our daily conversation, knowingly or unknowingly. Though transferred epithets are more commonly used in poems and literature, they have become a natural part of our spoken and written English as they help give an emotional appeal to our thoughts.
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Transferred Epithet Examples:
- She walked through the silent corridor.
- They shared a hopeful coffee before the interview.
- She clutched the guilty ticket as she snuck into the theater.
- I spent the afternoon under a melancholy tree.
- He stared at the troubled mirror, unsure of what he saw.
A transferred epithet is a figure of speech in which an adjective is shifted from the person it logically describes to an object or idea closely associated with them. It is a poetic device that cleverly gives a dramatic or poetic effect to the sentence.
Transferred Epithet Examples:
- “He clung to the h
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