Figures of Speech and Audience (Essay Sample)

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A figure of speech is a language that is figurative in a form of a single phrase or word. It can be an arrangement or word omission with the meanings that are literal, first repetition or phrase with the meanings that are specialized not based on the literal meaning of words (Wohlrapp & Personn 2014).
Simile, assonance, metaphor, hyperbole, and alteration are the five main figures of speech, and they often provide the freshness of expression, clarity and emphasis. However, clarity may be affected by their use, as any speech figure ambiguity is introduced into figurative interpretation and literal (Heinrichs 2013)
Alliteration is the most common figure of expression because it involves using the words that sound the same; this is used oftenly in advertising slogans to come up with something catchy that will be remembered by many people. Anaphora is another figure that is used as a specific clause at the start of a sentence and the more it is used, the more it brings emotional effect to listeners.
Assonance focuses on the vowel sounds in a phrase, hyperbole make things seem much greater than they were. This is seen oftenly as an exaggeration that is used to add humor to the story while metaphor is used to compare the things that are not alike, and it is used to make things appear to have nothing in common ( Hardman 2009). 
Understanding the audience that make up your target will allow you to plan your message carefully and adapt whatever you are telling them to the level of their understanding. The benefits of carrying out the audience are to prevent you from uttering the wrong things that are offensive and also to help you to talk to your audience in the language the language of...