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FIGURES OF SPEECH.
8. Vision or Imagery is a
figure, by which the speaker
represents a past or future ac-
tion or event as actually passing
before his eyes, and present to
his senses ; as,
" Chithear an sealladh àrd,
lad a' teàmadh leis a' ghleann,
A' tuiteam sìos fo chreig nan
sgàr
Fo stuagh nan tùr àrda fànn."
9. Apostrophè is a figure by
which the orator turns abruptly
from the subject to address
some other person or object ;
as,
" Shluigeadh suas am bàs le
buaidh. O bhàis c'àit am bheil
do ghath ?"
10. Exclamation is a figure
used to express some violent
emotion of the mind ; as,
" Och, nach robh agam sgiathan
mar choluman ! (an sin) theichinn
air iteig agus gheibhinn fois ! "
1 1 . Interrogation is a figure
by which the speaker proposes
questions, not to express adouòt,
but to enliven his discourse ;
as,
" An tì a shuidhich a' chluas
nach cluinn è ? an tì a dhealbh
an t-sùil nach faic e ?"
12. Irony is a figure in which
a person sneeringly utters the
very reverse of what he thinks ;
as, When we say to a boy who
neglects his lesson — " You are
very attentive indeed !"
8. Is è Sealladh figear leis
àm beil am fear-labhairt a'
nochdadh gnìomha no cùis' a
thachair no 'tha gu tachairt, mar
gu 'm bìtear dìreach 'g à dhean-
amh fo 'shùilibh agus 'n à làth-
air; mar,
" High sight it is and haughty
while
They dive into the deep defile,
Beneath the cavern'd clirf they
fall,
Beneath the castle's airy wall."
9. Is è Ascair figear leis àm
beil an t-òraidear a' tionndadh
gu-grad o 'n chùisear gu labh-
airt ri neach no cuspair èigin
eile; mar,
" Death is swallowed up in
victory. O Death, where is thy
sting ?
10. Is è Glaodh figear à
ghnàthaichear gu gluasad gèur
na h-inntinn a 'nochdadh ; mar,
" O that l had wings like a dove !
for then would I fly away and be
at rest /"
11. Is è Ceasnach, figear leis
àm beil am fear-labhairt a' cur
cheist cha n-ànn fo teagamh,
ach a bheòthachadh à labhairt ;
mar,
" He that planted the ear, shall
he not hear ? he that formed the
eye, shall he not see ? "
12. Is è Sgeigeach, figear
anns àm beil neach ag ràdh
gu-sgeigeil nì nàch 'eil 'n à
chridhe; mar, Their sinn ri
giùllan à dhi-chuimhnicheas à
leasan — " Gu dearbh is cùr-
amach thu ! "