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What are the different figure of speech their meaning and examples?

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There are many hundreds of figures of speech, and no two educators will precisely agree on the full list (or the best examples and definitions).
Read the linked article to start with. If you need further information, there are many style manuals which will describe figures of speech which exist, and invent ones which don't.

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