Question

Name the various Figures of Speech in the following.
He was a learned man among lords and a lord among learned men.

पर्याय

• Epigram

• Metonymy

• Oxymoron

• Antithesis

Answer 1

Epigram

Explanation:

Epigram: a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way. 
Metonymy: the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the turf for horse racing. 
Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction, e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true. 
Antithesis: a person or thing that is the direct opposite or negation of someone or something else, e.g., love is the antithesis of selfishness.