In the line of the poem “The Chimney Sweeper”, “a heaven of our misery” is a figure of speech called ________. “Heaven” and “misery”, two words of opposite meaning, are put together to create strong ironic effect.
A: oxymoron
B: symbol
C: metaphor
D: comparison
A: oxymoron
B: symbol
C: metaphor
D: comparison
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- In the line of the poem “The Chimney Sweeper”, “a heaven of our misery” is a figure of speech called ________. “Heaven” and “misery”, two words of opposite meaning, are put together to create strong ironic effect.
- Irony is a figure of speech that achieves emphasis by saying the opposite of what is meant, the intended meaning of the words being the opposite of their usual sense, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
- "The world is a stage." What figure of speech does the sentence employ? A: Irony B: Metaphor C: Oxymoron D: Simile
- If the expression of actual words carries the opposite meaning, it is__________. A: irony B: metaphor
- What kind of figure of speech is used in the sentence “More haste, less speed.”?() A: metaphor B: irony C: simile D: oxymoron