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This document defines and provides examples of various figures of speech, including similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, hyperbole, apostrophe, and puns. It explains that a figure of speech is a word or phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect. Each type of figure of speech is then defined and an example is given to illustrate its use, such as "as blind as a bat" for simile and "the stars winked at me" for personification.
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- Complex sentences contain an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
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1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
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Figure of speech
- 1. Instructional designing Figure of speech By Ramyaa Devi R.V 21UED077 II B.Ed special English and English
- 2. 2 What is a Figure of Speech? A figure of speech is a word or a phrase used in a non – literal sense for a rhetorical or vivid effect.
- 3. 3 TYPES OF FIGURES OF SPEECH. 1.Simile 2.Metaphor 3.Personification 4.Alliteration 5.Assonance. 6. Onomatopoeia 7. Hyperbole 8. Antithesis 9. Allusion 10. Apostrophe 11.Anaphora 12. Oxymoron 13.Paradox 14. Irony 15. Puns
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- 5. SIMILE 1 5
- 6. “ A simile is a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared using the words “ like” or “as”. 6 Example: As blind as a bat. What is being compared? Does this mean that bats have good or bad vision?
- 7. METAPHOR 7 2
- 8. “ Comparing two things without using the words “like” or “as”. 8 Example: Noah has the heart of a lion What 2 things are being compared? What does this tell you about Noah’s heart?
- 10. “ Personification is giving an object, event or abstract ideas human characteristics. 10 Example: The stars winked at me. What does this mean? What is being personified?
- 12. “ ALLITERATION Is a sound device. Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. 12 It often highlights the expression of movement. Example: Football fever fuels fans. Rampant Rooney crushes Croatia.
- 13. HYPERBOLE 13 5
- 14. “ A hyperbole is a deliberate exaggeration, often with the intent of making a point or stimulating emotions. 14 Example: I’m so hungry I could eat a horse! What is being exaggerated?
- 15. APOSTROPHE 15 6
- 16. “ An apostrophe is the direct address of an absent or imaginary person or object, especially in the course of speech or composition. 16 Example: William Shakespeare makes use of apostrophe in his play “Macbeth”.
- 17. PUNS 17 7
- 18. “ A pun is a clever play on words, alike in sound but different in meaning. The double meaning is used to convey humour. 18 Example: Cricket Captain stumped!
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