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What Figure Of Speech Is This? by Seyibabalola(m): 8:01pm On Nov 28, 2016
Oya! If you know literature, what Figure of Speech is this: "Once Upon A Time, 3 Witches Wished 3 Wishes, but Which Witch knows Which Witch Wished Which Wish?"
Re: What Figure Of Speech Is This? by Swissheart(f): 8:03pm On Nov 28, 2016
Pun
Re: What Figure Of Speech Is This? by RoyalGoat: 8:05pm On Nov 28, 2016
Figure 8

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Re: What Figure Of Speech Is This? by ChemicalReaction(f): 8:08pm On Nov 28, 2016
Swissheart:
Pun
Yhh.
Re: What Figure Of Speech Is This? by LordIsaac(m): 8:21pm On Nov 28, 2016
Alliteration!

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Re: What Figure Of Speech Is This? by Nobody: 8:32pm On Nov 28, 2016
There are three figures of speech in that sentence. Namely pun, alliteration and assonance.. However, literally, the predominant one is pun.

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Re: What Figure Of Speech Is This? by Bahddo(m): 8:40pm On Nov 28, 2016
Alliteration and assonance. No pun there.
Re: What Figure Of Speech Is This? by oldfoolnigger(m): 8:40pm On Nov 28, 2016
LordIsaac:
Alliteration!
Seconded

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Re: What Figure Of Speech Is This? by ring7(m): 9:05pm On Nov 28, 2016
Figures too Mich for that sentence.
Re: What Figure Of Speech Is This? by ring7(m): 9:05pm On Nov 28, 2016
Figures too Much for that sentence.
Re: What Figure Of Speech Is This? by ring7(m): 9:06pm On Nov 28, 2016
Figures too Much for that sentence...
Re: What Figure Of Speech Is This? by Moboj: 12:25pm On Nov 29, 2016
Bahddo:
Alliteration and assonance. No pun there.
pun play upon word's so that actually a pun
Re: What Figure Of Speech Is This? by Bahddo(m): 3:07pm On Nov 29, 2016
Moboj:
pun play upon word's so that actually a pun
that's not pun. Pun isn't simply a play on words. It's a play on words in a way that suggests two or more correct meanings.

The example above is just a tongue twister. A tongue twister is also a play on words.
Re: What Figure Of Speech Is This? by oldfoolnigger(m): 6:08pm On Nov 29, 2016
Bahddo:
that's not pun. Pun isn't simply a play on words. It's a play on words in a way that suggests two or more correct meanings.

The example above is just a tongue twister. A tongue twister is also a play on words.
Ur sense dey there joor.
Re: What Figure Of Speech Is This? by Moboj: 9:20pm On Nov 29, 2016
Bahddo:
that's not pun. Pun isn't simply a play on words. It's a play on words in a way that suggests two or more correct meanings.

The example above is just a tongue twister. A tongue twister is also a play on words.
and what are tongue twister's in a literary term?
Still pun
Just like Peter Piper
Re: What Figure Of Speech Is This? by Moboj: 9:25pm On Nov 29, 2016
"Tongue twister" as you say as it's literary name which is pun
The main idea there is play upon word's which the first letters in that sentence is doing
Re: What Figure Of Speech Is This? by Moboj: 9:30pm On Nov 29, 2016
oldfoolnigger:
Ur sense dey there joor.
Are you a Literature student?
That's obviously a pun up there
Re: What Figure Of Speech Is This? by Bahddo(m): 6:57am On Nov 30, 2016
Moboj:
and what are tongue twister's in a literary term?
Still pun
Just like Peter Piper
dude, that's not pun. Not every play on words is a pun. Look at an example of a simple pun most Nairalanders would understand:

Test some mods 44 times, they would always fail to Mynd their own business.

This example doesn't even have any sound repeated as in the alliteration or assonance common in tongue twisters, but anyone who looks closely would see that you are referring to a particular mod. That's the double meaning that is a strong feature every pun.

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