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20 Examples Of Figures Of Speech In Pidgin English by jesais24(m): 5:13pm On Sep 22, 2018 |
Figures of speech in pidgin English 1. the man tall like palm tree: simile 2. see me see trouble: zeugma 3. hungry dey catch me: personification 4. I don hammer : idiom 5. yeye dey smell: metaphor 6. na which kain problem be this?: rhetorical question 7. I fit die ontop your matter: hyperbole 8. you dey crase?: rhetorical question 9. you see wetin i dey talk: synaesthesia 10. the thing no bad sha: litotes, 11. she don get belle: euphemism 12. leave matter for Marthias : aliteration 13. e no go easy for ezekiel: assonance 14. I no gree, i no gree na im dey tear cloth: repetition 15. monkey dey work; baboon dey chop: antithesis 16. plaintain dey come (plaintain hawker): metonymy 17. how bodi? Synedoche 18. your story get k-leg: metaphor 19. Make I come dey go: paradox 20. Child: Mommy where I go drop the plate? Mother: Drop am for my head. -sarcasm 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 20 Examples Of Figures Of Speech In Pidgin English by qwertygeni: 10:57pm On Sep 22, 2018 |
Not bad. Impressive!! 1 Like |
Re: 20 Examples Of Figures Of Speech In Pidgin English by PlayerMeji: 12:41am On Sep 23, 2018 |
Abey, teach me English jare! jesais24:
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