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:

Real GDP

The measure of a country's economic output adjusted for price changes, providing a more accurate view of an economy's size and growth.

Real GDP

A measure of a country's economic output adjusted for inflation, giving a more accurate view of an economy's size and how it's growing over time.

Nominal GDP

The gross domestic product measured at current market prices, without adjusting for inflation, reflecting the current value of goods and services produced.

Depreciation

The process of allocating the cost of a tangible or physical asset over its useful life, reflecting wear and tear, age, or obsolescence.