Informal Letters Examination Hall City: A. B. C November 23, 2020 Dear Mother, I received your affectionate letter a couple of days ago. I am regretful for not being able to write to you earlier because of some uncongenial circumstances. However, things are better now by the grace of Allah […]
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Active Voice Passive/ Passive voice In active sentences, the subject acts upon its verb. Or we can say in most English sentences with an action verb, the subject performs the action denoted by the verb.Example. Sara wrote a descriptive essay.Sara (subject) as she is doing the writing(verb).Passive voice means that a subject is a recipient of a verb’s action. Or we can
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Onomatopoeia What is onomatopoeia? Whoosh! Pop! Smash! Poof! Bang!
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Understatement What is an understatement? An understatement is a figure of speech used by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is. This can be done for an ironic effect or to be humble and polite. After winning a bumper prise an understatement would be I am kind of
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Hyperbole What is hyperbole? Hyperbole is a poetic device that uses extreme exaggeration to make a point or to show emphasis. It is the opposite of understatement. We can use hyperbole in literature or everyday speech, but it won’t work in non-fiction like articles, reports or research papers. It is because they are written in
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Alliteration What is alliteration? Alliteration is a literary device in which a series of words begin with the same consonant sound. alliteration is a useful sound device used in various types of literature but mostly in poetry. Business and advertisers use alliteration to provoke people’s attention. Many popular quotes and sayings use alliteration. It is
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Personification What is Personification? Personification is a figure of speech in which an idea or an object is given human attributes or feelings. We can say they are a common form of metaphors in which human characteristics are attributed to non-human things. Many writers use it for composing children’s literature because it rises imagination for
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What are Metaphors A metaphor is a poetic device that describes an object or an action in a way that is not exactly true but gives an idea or makes a comparison. It may appear a little strange as their literal interpretation is entirely different from the actual meaning. You must have read Shakespeare’s famous poem
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Similes What are Similes? A simile is a type of figurative language that describes something by comparing it to something else with the words as or like. for example: As brave as a lion We all know that a lion is a symbol of bravery and if someone is brave courageous or bold he/she is
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In this poem, The poet expresses if at first, we do not succeed, try again and again until we reach our destiny instead of giving up. Here I quote Winston Churchill who said: “Never, never, never give up”. The poet urges us to be persistent to keep our goal in mind, If we fail we
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