FIGURES OF SPEECH

Prepared by: GROUP 6

 Anacoenosis
– a figure of speech in which an appeal is made to
one’s listeners or opponents for their opinion or
judgment as to the subject under discussion.
 Example:

“Given the persecution my client has

undergone, does he not deserve to have some
justifiable anger?”
Anacoloutha:
- Substituting one word with another whose
meaning is very close to the original, but in a non-
reciprocal fashion; that is, one could not use the
first, original word as a substitute for the second.
This is the opposite of acoloutha.
 Example:

“She opened her thoughts to her,

She opened her heart to her.”
 Anacoluthon

- is derived from the Greek word anakolouthos,

which means “lacking sequence.” It is a stylistic
device defined as a syntactic deviation, and
interruption within a sentence from one structure
to another. In this interruption, the expected
sequence of grammar is absent. The grammatical
flow of sentences is interrupted in order to begin
more sentences.
 Example:

I will have such revenges on you both, That all the

world shall―I will do such things, What they are,
yet I know not.”
 Anacrusis
An unstressed syllable or syllable group that begins
a line of verse but is not counted as part of the first
foot.
 Example

Oh such a poor child.

 Anadiplosis
A figure of speech in which a word or group of
words located at the end of one clause or sentence is
repeated at or near the beginning of the following
clause or sentence. This line from the novelist Henry
James is an example of anadiplosis: “Our doubt is
our passion, and our passion is our task.”
 Example

Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to

suffering.
 Analogy

is a figure of speech that explains something

unfamiliar by relating it to something familiar. If
your writing is a dirty window your readers can’t see
through, then analogies are the glass cleaners that
clear everything up.
 Example

She’s as blind as a bat.”

 Antisthecon
- Substitution of one sound, syllable, or
letter for another within a word.
Example: definate' for 'definite'.
Antistrophe
- repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of
successive clauses
Example: The lines read: A day may come when the
courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends
and break the bonds of fellowship, but it is not this
day.
Antithesis
- from Greek antitheton, “opposition”), a
figure of speech in which irreconcilable
opposites or strongly contrasting ideas are
placed in sharp juxtaposition and sustained
tension, as in the saying “Art is long, and
Time is fleeting.
Antonomasia
- a figure of speech in which some defining word or
phrase is substituted for a person's proper name
Example: Imagine that you have a friend who is a
fantastic chef, and you want to say hello.
Normal sentence:
“Oh, look! Sam’s arrived!”
Sentence with Antonomasia:
“Oh, look! The great chef has arrived!”
 Apcope
- from the Greek apokoptian, is a figure of speech that is
characterized by the abbreviation of a complete word,
keeping only the first syllables. Repu, Mat, Capu,
Montpel, Stras… . The French love to speak in apocopes,
it is a strong marker of French culture and urban style.
Example: Photo is an apocope of photograph.
Aphaeresis
- The omission of a syllable or letter at the
beginning of a word. apocope. The omission of a
letter or syllable at the end of a word. asyndeton.
Example: round (from around)
 Anamnesis
A recalling to mind, or reminiscence.
Anamnesis is often used as a narrative technique in
fiction and poetry as well as in memoirs and
autobiographies.
Example

A notable example is Marcel Proust's anamnesis

brought on by the taste of a madeleine in the first
volume of Remembrance of Things Past (1913–27).

He set a good example for the rest of us.

 Anaphora
is a device in which a phrase or word is repeated at
the start of successive phrases, sentences, or
clauses. Anaphora is a literary device that allows
writers to emphasize, convey, and reinforce
meaning in their writing.
Example

Lincoln's "we cannot dedicate—we cannot

consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground"
 Anapodoton
is a rhetorical device in which a main clause of a
phrase that is not mentioned is implied by a
subordinate clause that is mentioned.
Example

'If the shoe fits, (wear it)' or 'If pigs had wings,
(they would fly)'.
 ANASTROPHE

The deliberate changing of normal word order

for emphasis.
Example

I like potatoes, Potatoes I like

 Anesis
is the addition of a concluding part to a discourse
that diminishes the effect of what has been said
previously. This figure is the precise opposite of
epitasis Opens in new window.
Example

Tomorrow we water the plants, the whole garden.

Antanaclasis

 Refers to the repetition of the same word in a sentence or saying, with each use of the word
have a different meaning.
 Example: We must, indeed, all hang together or, moat assuredly, we shall all hang
separately.
Antanagoge

 An antanagoge is when you combined a positive and negative statement together.

 Example: This summer season was dry, but not as dry as the one back in 2012.
Anthimeria

 Uses one part of speech as if it were together. The most common form anthimeria is the
uses of a noun as jf it were a verb.
 Example: I can keyboard that article this afternoon.
Antimetabole

 The repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transported grammatical order.

 Example: I know what I like, and I like what I know.
Anthypophora also known Hypophora

 The practice of asking oneself a question and then immediately answering it.
 Example: The most beautiful age? Yours!
Antiphrasis

Use of phrases or words in their opposite sense than the real meaning to create an ironic or
comic effect

Example: The chihuahua was named Goliath.

Antiptosis
Is a translation of one case into another, using ‘of’ in the linkage. Uses of
preposition ‘of’ more like a conjunction, joining things together rather than
showing membership.
Example: The folly of man. Instead of “ The foolishness of man”.