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    VOCABULARY BY  EGURIASE S. M. OKAKA Vocabulary which means list of words with their meaning is a very important tool in the hands of any student, working with a language, especially in matters of examination. No wonder why, there is this saying among experts in English Language; “that every examination in English Language is simply put is an examination in the vocabulary of English Language.”   But, here, I will, for the purpose of this write-up, handle the issue of vocabulary in English Language, from perspectives of Synonyms, Antonyms, Prefixes, Suffixes, Derivatives and Nominal.   SYNONYMS Synonyms are words or phrases of the same meaning as others in context of a language.               Words                                ...

  FIGURES OF SPEECH BY  Black","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">EGURIASE S. M. OKAKA   A figure of speech is a linguistic pattern in which ordinary words are used in extraordinary ways to express deeper and effective meanings. Such linguistic pattern is more native to English Literature; but for its relevance in English Language examinations, especially in relation to doing continuous writings, and answering questions as to grammatical functions of words; we shall give it a treatment here.   By and large there, in the main, seven figure of speech, each with its own figurative-type:   ·         Figures of Similarity - With the figurative-types of Simile, Metaphor Allegory, Parable, Fable. ·         Figure of Contrast – With figurative-types of Antithesis, Parallel, Epigram, Oxymoron, Paradox, Cl...