A Study of Figures of Speech in Select Bodo Novels

Abstract

Figures of speech is an important part of literary device. It is used to add beauty, emphasis, or clarity to language by expressing ideas in a non-literal or imaginative way. The word ‘figure’ has come from the Latin word ‘figura’, meaning the external form or shape of a thing. It is secondary meaning is remarkable, noteworthy.  According to Kalyanath Dutta “The rhetorical ornaments, in which simple and correct statements are often clothed and presented, are called figures of speech.’’  Figures of speech are used in both spoken and written language. It is found in oral literature as well as written literary forms like prose, poetry, novel, short story, plays and in everyday speech. Figures of speech make the literary works more interesting and dramatic than the literal language. The use of figures of speech is an art. By using this art, the writer can attract the minds of readers or listeners. Thus, it is also a writing style or artistic style of writer and the art of their presentation. The selected novels of the studies are Bikhaya gaoyw khugaya geoya by Chittaranjan Mushahary, Kharlung by Manoronjan Lahary, Great Mountain hajwmayao rojeni dengkhw by Ashok Basumatary, and Fanshari nwng angnisw by Sumeeron Jwhwlao Bodosa.