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- 1. Figures of Speech Make your writing colorful
- 2. Figures of Speech Figures of speech are words or phrases that depart from straightforward literal language. Figures of speech are often used and crafted for emphasis, freshness, expression, or clarity.
- 3. Also known as “Ornaments of Language” Requires you to use your imagination to figure out the poet’s point or meaning
- 4. Types of Figures of Speech 1. Allusion 11. Oxymoron 2. Antithesis 12. Paradox 3. Apostrophe 13. Personification 4. Asyndeton 14. Pun 5. Chiasmus 15. Simile 6. Hyperbole 16. Symbol 7. Irony 17. Synecdoche 8. Litotes 18. Synesthesia 9. Metaphor 19. Understatement 10. Metonomy 20.Understatement
- 5. Allusion a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers.
- 6. Example: “Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her. “Hey! Guess who the new Newton of our school is?” “This place is like a Garden of Eden.”
- 7. Antithesis A rhetorical term for the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses. It is used when a writer employs two sentences of contrasting meaning in close proximity to one another.
- 8. Example: "Many are called, but few are chosen." Matthew 22:14. You are easy on the eyes, but hard on the heart.
- 9. Apostrophe A figure of speech in which some absent or non-existent person or thing is addressed as if present and capable of understanding or replying.
- 10. Example: Car, please get me to work today. Oh, trees, how majestic you are as you throw down your golden leaves. Dear love, please don't shoot me with your Cupid's bow. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are.
- 11. Asyndeton A stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of clauses. To produce a hurried rhythm in the sentence.
- 12. Examples: The dark, the moon, the stars - all created a romantic effect. I remember those evenings at Grandma's - full of laughter, food, family.
- 13. Bathos An abrupt transition from a lofty style or grand topic to a common vulgar one.
- 14. Examples: "In America, Osama Bin Laden is wanted to murder, terrorism, and unpaid parking tickets.“
- 15. Chiasmus A figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point; that is, the clauses display inverted parallelism.
- 16. It was derived from the Greek Word “Chiazo” which means “To cross or make an X.”
- 17. Example: Some people live to eat while others eat to live. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
- 18. Hyperbole an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis. It derived from a Greek word meaning “over- casting”.
- 19. Example: Tons of money That man is as tall as a house. This is the worst day of my life.
- 20. Irony Words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words.
- 21. Types of Irony Verbal Irony Situational Irony Dramatic Irony
- 22. Verbal Irony is when words express something contrary to truth or someone says the opposite of what they really feel or mean.
- 23. Situational Irony it occurs when incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead.
- 24. Dramatic Irony A literary device by which the audience’s or reader’s understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters.
- 25. Litotes Consisting of an ironical understatement in which affirmative is expressed by the negation of the opposite. - Opposite of Hyperbole
- 26. Example: The ice cream was not too bad. You are not doing badly at all.
- 27. Metaphor comparing two unlike things without using like or as. Calling one thing, another. Saying one thing is something else.
- 28. Example: He is a pig. You are a tulip
- 29. Metonymy a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated.
- 30. Example: The crown—a royal person "Sword" stands for "military aggression.
- 31. Oxymoron A figure of speech containing words that seem to contradict each other. they're used to create a little bit of drama for the reader; sometimes they're used to make a person stop and think, whether that's to laugh or to wonder.
- 32. Example: Alone together Bittersweet Clearly confused Dark light Deafening silence Growing smaller
- 33. Paradox Derived Greek word “paradoxon” which means contrary to expectations, existing belief or perceived opinion. It is a statement that is self- contradictory because it often contains two statements that are both true, but general, cannot both be true at same time.
- 34. Example: The Child is the Father of the Man
- 35. Personification giving human characteristics to things that are not human.
- 36. Example: The wind whispered through dry grass. The flowers danced in the gentle breeze. Time and tide wait for none.
- 37. Pun A play on words that produces a humorous effect by using a word that suggests two or more meanings, or by exploiting similar sounding words that have different meanings.
- 38. Example: A horse is a very stable You can tune a guitar, but you can't tuna fish. Unless, of course, you play bass
- 39. Simile compare two unlike things directly. With the use of words “like” & “as” .
- 40. Example: He eats like a pig Her cheeks are red like a rose. He is as funny as a monkey.
- 41. Symbol Using an object or action that means that something more than its literal meaning.
- 42. Example: The dove is a symbol of peace. A red rose, or the color red, stands for love or romance. Black is a symbol that represents evil or death. A broken mirror may symbolize separation.
- 43. Synecdoche A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole, the whole for a part, the specific for the general, the general for the specific, or material for thing made from it.
- 44. Example: I have five mouths to feed Mouth is a part of a person He drives the most expensive wheels in the city. Wheels is a part of a car.
- 45. Synesthesia in which one sense is described using terms from another.
- 46. Example: I smell trouble. Actions speak louder than words.
- 47. Understatement A figure of speech in which a writer or a speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is.
- 48. Example: In the middle of an intense thunderstorm: "We're having a little rain." After wrecking your car: "There's a little scratch