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Figures of speech Flashcards

1
Q

What is this an example of?

As light as a feather

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Simile

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Mixed metaphor

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Incompatible terms are used to describe the same object/event

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3
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An extended metaphor is…

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Reoccurring

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4
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This is an example of ___?

Finality hung in the air

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Personification

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Allusion

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A direct or indirect referral to a particular aspect

i.e. a poet alluding to religious themes

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Apostrophe

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where a no longer living person/object/idea is referred

to as though living

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7
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This is an example of ___?

Oh Leonardo if you could see your Mona Lisa today!

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Apostrophe

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds

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9
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Longer vowel sounds are used to ___

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Slow the pace of a poem/passage and temper the mood

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10
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Shorter vowel sounds ____

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  • Speed up the pace
  • Create a joyful mood
  • add suspense
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What is the purpose of rhyme?

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  • used for effect

- builds rhythm in the poem

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12
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Onomatopoeia

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Words that imitate or reproduce real-life sounds or actions

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Antithesis

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Compares and contrasts ideas or statements within a sentence

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Oxymoron

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Places 2 seemingly contradictory words next to each other

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15
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The girl let out a silent scream of terror.

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Oxymoron

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16
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Paradox

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A seemingly absurd, contradictory statement which when analysed is found to be true

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17
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Sometimes one needs to be cruel to be kind.

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Paradox

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18
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Situational irony

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When the opposite of what is expected occurs

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Dramatic irony

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When the audience has knowledge of something the actors are unaware of

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Irony

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Implies the opposite of what is said/ the intention is for the opposite to be understood

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21
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One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

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Antithesis

22
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Sarcasm

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Where one thing is said, but something else is intended

Used with the express purpose of mocking/humiliating/insulting another

23
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Zombies eat brains, so you would be safe in an apocalypse.

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Sarcasm

24
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“What lovely weather we are having!” she remarked as she peered through the window at the blizzard.

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Irony

25
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Satire aims to ___

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Change a situation by educating and entertaining the audience using humour

26
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Satire

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Irony or sarcasm used to highlight or ridicule human/social/political weaknesses

27
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Parody

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The imitation or exaggeration of other text types to create humour

28
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Appropriation

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Using part of original texts in a different context to create humour

29
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Epigram

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A brief, pointed statement which often contains humour or irony. It may also contain a deeper meaning.

30
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I am not young enough to know everything.

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Epigram

31
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Hyperbole

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An over-exaggeration not meant to be taken literally

32
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My Mom would kill me if I tried something like that!

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Hyperbole

33
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Litotes

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Uses a negative and an opposite to understate what is intended

34
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Julie is no ordinary girl.

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Litotes

35
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Euphemism

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To express an unpleasant/uncomfortable idea in a more tactful/sensitive way

36
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The purpose of euphemism

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  • To soften a blow
  • To be politically correct
  • To protect someone’s feelings
37
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We had to have our dog put to sleep.

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Euphemism

38
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Innuendo

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A disapproving remark which hints at something without saying it directly

39
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I admire your confidence to wear something so revealing

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Innuendo

40
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Climax

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A build up of ascending ideas

41
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I came, I saw I conquered

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Climax

42
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Anti-Climax

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A build up of ideas with a flat or unexpected final statement

43
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He has known the terror of war, he has seen natural disasters, he has been to single bars.

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Anti-climax

44
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Comparison figures of speech

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  • simile
  • metaphor (extended and mixed too)
  • personification
  • apostrophe
  • allusion
45
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Sound devices

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  • alliteration
  • assonance
  • onomatopoeia
  • rhyme
  • rhythm
46
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Contradiction figures of speech

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  • antithesis
  • oxymoron
  • paradox
  • irony
  • sarcasm
  • satire
  • parody
  • appropriation
  • epigram
47
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Exaggeration figures of speech

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  • hyperbole
  • litotes
  • euphemism
  • innuendo
  • climax
  • anti-climax/bathos
48
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Puns

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a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word

49
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Metonymy

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the substitution of the name of an attribute in place of the thing

i.e. suits for businessmen

50
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Spoonerism

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a verbal error in which the speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words

i.e. He hissed is mystery lesson

51
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Malapropism

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the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one

i.e. electrical vote instead of electoral vote

52
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Synecdoche

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a part is used to represent the whole or vice versa

i.e. sails represent ships

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