FIGURE OF SPEECH:

1. Simile:
   - Explanation: A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using "like" or "as."
   - Example: "Her eyes sparkled like diamonds."

2. Metaphor:
   - Explanation: A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another for rhetorical effect.
   - Example: "Time is a thief."

3. Personification:
   - Explanation: Personification is a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to non-human things.
   - Example: "The trees danced in the wind."

4. Hyperbole:
   - Explanation: Hyperbole is a figure of speech that involves exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
   - Example: "I've told you a million times."

5. Alliteration:
   - Explanation: Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
   - Example: "Sally sells seashells by the seashore."

6. Onomatopoeia:
   - Explanation: Onomatopoeia is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
   - Example: "Buzz," "crash," "bang."

7. Oxymoron:
   - Explanation: An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
   - Example: "Deafening silence," "jumbo shrimp."

8. Irony:
   - Explanation: Irony is a figure of speech in which the intended meaning of words is opposite to their literal meaning.
   - Example: "The fire station burned down."

9. Metonymy:
   - Explanation: Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is replaced with another that is closely related to it.
   - Example: Referring to the monarch as "the crown."

10. Synecdoche:
    - Explanation: Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.
    - Example: Referring to a car as "wheels."

11. Litotes:
    - Explanation: Litotes is a figure of speech that uses double negatives or understatement to emphasize a point.
    - Example: "It's not uncommon," meaning "It's common."

12. Euphemism:
    - Explanation: Euphemism is a figure of speech that replaces a harsh or unpleasant term with a more mild or indirect one.
    - Example: "Passed away" instead of "died."

These are just a few examples of figures of speech commonly used in language and literature.