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1. Department of English Under-Graduate Studies
BS Hons. 6th
Semester
Course Title: Prose B
Nature of Document: Assignment
Section: BS-English 6-B
Shift: Afternoon
Submitted By: Zia Ur Rehman
Submitted To: Sir Mehdi
Date of submission: 16 Sep 2019

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Assignment 1
Topic: Ten Figures of Speech
1. Personification:It is a figure of speech in which a non-human object is attributed the
qualities or characteristics of human.
For Example:
 The winds were howling last night.
 Last year, we went to see the Misty Mountains.
2. Pathetic Fallacy:It is a literary term in which human emotion and conduct are attributed
to animals or things found in nature. Broadly speaking, it an be considered a sub-category or
kind of Personification which is more specified on emotions.
For Example:
 The garden was filled with smiling flowers.
 An excerpt from Shakespeare’s Macbeth:
“The night has been unruly. Where we lay,
Our chimneys were blown down and, as they say,
Lamentings heard i’ th’ air, strange screams of death,
And prophesying with accents terrible
Of dire combustion and confused events
New hatched to the woeful time. The obscure bird
Clamored the livelong night. Some say the Earth
Was feverous and did shake.”
3. Simile: It is a figure of speech in which one thing is compared with another thing by use of
words “like” and “as”.
For Example:
 He ran as fast as a Cheetah.
 Her hair fell like a brown cascade.
4. Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which two things are compared without use of any word
in between. In this a word or phrase are applied on an object which is not literally applicable.
For Example:
 He was a lion in the battle of rivals.
 The sound of her footsteps were music to my ears.

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5. Conceit:It is a figure of speech in which two very unlike things are compared in a surprising
and clever way. It is a kind of metaphor, also called as fanciful extended metaphor.
Metaphysical poet John Donne was famous for his conceits.
For Example:
 In “Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” by John Donne, he compared
two lovers as two points of a compass
 It is also present in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 as he compares different
things with body of his beloved in the whole sonnet.
6. Alliteration: It is a figure of speech in which similar sound is repeated at the beginning of
neighboring words.
For Example:
 She sells sea shells.
 “…sobs, sniffles and smiles…”. (The Gift of the Magi)
7. Hyperbole: It is a figure of speech in which an action is strongly exaggerated. It is often
used in literature.
For Example:
 I told you to clean your room a million times.
 I am so hungry I could eat an elephant.
8. Euphemism: It is a figure of speech in which a mild or indirect term is used to avoid a harsh
or offending term.
For Example:
 The batsman has taken one below the belt.
 His father passed away last night.
9. Oxymoron: It is a figure of speech in which two opposite or contradictory terms are used
together.
For Example:
 There was a dark light in the corridor.
 You are clearly confused my friend.
10. Understatement: It is a figure of speech which is used to make something less important
or less serious.
For Example:
 It is just a scratch (When you are wounded but avoiding attention).
 It was interesting (While referring to a bad experience).

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Assignment 2
Topic: The Difference Between The Four
Story:
A story is a narrative which is either true or fictious, can be written in either in prose or in
verse for the purpose to interest, amuse or instruct the reader. A story is shorter than a novel and less
elaborate.
For Example:
 The Gift of Magi by O’ Henry.
 Araby by James Joyce.
Tale:
A tale is very specific as compared to a story. It introduces a problem and tries to solve it as
the plot unfolds leading to success or failure of the task. In either case the tale leaves a moral lesson.
Moreover as the saying goes “Tale is to tell”, a tale is usually told to audience to teach them a lesson
or amuse them with magic and adventures.
For Example:
 Tale of Jack and the Beanstalk.
 Tale of Beauty and the Beast.
Fable:
A fable is a literary genre, written in either prose or verse, is a fictious narrative which often
features animals, legends, plants, inanimate objects and forces of nature as characters. Its purpose is
to teach a moral lesson which is often added at the end, a maxim or saying. A Fable is considered a
kind of Story.
For Example:
 The Fable of the Hare and the Tortoise.
 The Fable of the Ant and the Grasshopper.
Anecdote:
An Anecdote is a rather short story which is usually told to make a certain point. The story
might be true or near to truth. The purpose is to engage the audience to the about the topic under
discussion more seriously.
For Example:
 The Anti-Smoking Activists tell anecdotes of people who were
smokers and it ruined their lives.
 Motivational speakers tell anecdotes from their personal lives that
how poor, uneducated and loser they were at the beginning of their
lives.