Figures

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What are figures of
speech?
Are words with literal
meaning, a certain
arrangement of words,
or a phrase with a
meaning that is
something entirely
other than that of the
Simile
Refers to the
comparison of two things
by using the words like
or as.
Example:
life is like a box of
chocolates; you never know
what youre going to get.
Metaphor
Is a direct comparison
of two unlike things or
ideas and finds
something about them to
make them alike.
Example:
My heart is a lonely hunter
that hunts on a lonely hill.
Personification
Gives a human traits to
inanimate objects or
ideas.
Example:
The sun smiled down on her.
The tree quaked with fear as
the wind approach.
Synecdoche
A figure of speech in
which one thing meant to
represent the whole.
Example:
ABCs for alphabet
new set of wheels for car
Metonymy
Using another word
which is really
identifiable or associated
with the idea referred to.
Example:
crown for royalty
lab coats for scientist
Hyperbole
A figure of speech that
makes things seem much
bigger than they really
were.
Example:
I washed a mountain of
dishes.
She run faster than a
cheetah.
Oxymoron
Puts two words
together that seem to
contradict each other.
Example:
Perfect imperfection.
Silent yell
Civil war
Paradox
A phrase or statement
that on the surface
seems contradict, but
makes some kind of
emotional sense.
Example:
You have to live to die.
War is peace.
Alliteration
Involves using words
that begin with the same
sound.
Example:
Sally sells sea shells by the
seashore.
Peter Piper picked a peck of
pickled pepper.
Anaphora
Uses a specific clause at
the beginning of each
sentence or point to
make a statement.
Example:
Good morning and good luck.
Mad world! Mad kings! Mad
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Assonance
Focuses on the vowel
sounds in a phrase,
repeating them over and
over to great effect.
Example:
Long, long afterward, in an
oak.
I like Ike?
Irony
Use a word in literal
sense that debunks what
has just been said.
Example:
Gentlemen, you cant fight in
here! This is the war room.
Onomatopoeia
This is the use of word
that actually sound like
what it means.
Example:
The ding-dong of the
doorbell.
The choo-choo of the train.
Euphemism
Words that are used to
soften the message.
Example:
passed away instead of
Died or Kill.
misunderstanding instead
of Fight of Argument.
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