Phonestheme

Phonestheme refers to a particular sound or its sequence, which implies a certain meaning.

gl-phonestheme is related to reflection, vision, or light.

Examples: Glare, Glaze, Glitter, Glisten, Glimmer, etc.

fl-phonestheme is related to movement.

Examples: Flight, Flurry, Flow, Flock, Float, Flash, etc.

Simile

Simile is a figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two things to emphasize the description. Usually ‘like’ and ‘as’ are used for this purpose.

He is as poor as a church mouse.

She is as busy as a bee.

Tom is as brave as a lion.

She performed like a professional artiste.

He slept like a log.

They treated him like an alien.

Anagram

Anagram is a word/phrase that is made up of the same letters as another word/phrase.

           ·         Rite – Tier – Tire

           ·         Part – Trap

           ·         Conversationalists – Conservationalists

           ·         Team – Tame – Mate – Meat

           ·         Nest – Sent – Tens – Nets

           ·         Won – Now – Own

Anagram

Anagram is a word/phrase that is made up of the same letters as another word/phrase.

          ·         Alert – Alter – Later

          ·         Expect – Except

          ·         Lump – Plum

          ·         Hustle – Sleuth

          ·         Limped – Dimple

          ·         Below – Bowel – Elbow

          ·         Demo – Dome – Mode

          ·         Evil – Veil – Vile – Live

          ·         Opt – Pot – Top

          ·         Star – Arts – Rats – Tars

Palindrome

Palindrome is a word or phrase that reads the same (forward or backward).

Words: Madam, peep, bib, radar, refer, rotator, kayak, deed, reviver, nun, stats, etc.

Phrases: Don’t nod; race car; no lemon, no melon; never odd or even; Madam I’m Adam, etc. 

Oxymoron

Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two contradictory terms are combined.

Climb down: Jack climbed down the ladder in a jiffy.

Seriously funny: The clown’s antics were seriously funny.

Oxymoron

Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two contradictory terms are combined.

Small crowd: A small crowd had gathered to watch the rescue operation.

Original copy: I forgot where I had kept the original copy of the legal documents.