<Dl> <Dd> Whereas, "Sister Suzy sewing socks for soldiers" is a particular form of alliteration called sibilance, because it repeats the letter s . </Dd> <Dd> Both are commonly used in poetry . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> Whereas, "Sister Suzy sewing socks for soldiers" is a particular form of alliteration called sibilance, because it repeats the letter s . </Dd> <Dd> Both are commonly used in poetry . </Dd> <Ul> <Li> "She would run up the stairs and then a new set of curtains" is a variety of zeugma called a syllepsis . Run up refers to ascending and also to manufacturing . The effect is enhanced by the momentary suggestion, through a pun, that she might be climbing up the curtains . The ellipsis or omission of the second use of the verb makes the reader think harder about what is being said . </Li> <Li> "Painful pride" is an oxymoron where two contradictory ideas are placed in the same sentence . </Li> <Li> "An Einstein" is an example of synecdoche, as it uses a particular name to represent a class of people: geniuses . </Li> <Li> "I had butterflies in my stomach" is a metaphor, referring to a nervous feeling as if there were flying insects in one's stomach . </Li> </Ul>

What is the use of figures of speech