What Are Figures of Speech, and How Do They Relate

question 24

Essay

What are figures of speech, and how do they relate to public speaking? From the dozen listed in the text (alliteration, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, simile, synecdoche, metonymy, antithesis, personification, rhetorical question, oxymoron, and idiom), choose and briefly define five, then give an example that you might use in a speech.

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Definitions:

True Power

The actual power consumed by a device, calculated in watts as the product of voltage, current, and the cosine of the phase angle for AC circuits.

Clamp-On Ammeter

A type of ammeter that can measure a wire's current without the need to disconnect it from the circuit, by clamping around the wire.

True Power

The actual power consumed by a circuit, measured in watts, as opposed to apparent power, which includes reactive power.

Series RC

A circuit configuration consisting of a resistor (R) and a capacitor (C) connected in a series arrangement.