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FIGURES OF SPEECH Flashcards

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has noted that in common usage, a figure of speech is a word or phrase that means something more or something other than it seems to say—the opposite of a literal expression. In other words, figures of speech are also referred to as are specific devices or a kind of figurative language that uses words, phrases, and sentences in a non-literal definition but, rather, gives meanings in abstractions.

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Nordquist (2019)

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has time and time again been noted as an element that makes writing prose and poetry creative and imaginative. These devices have been known to evoke imageries in the mind of the readers and it also allows them to use their critical thinking skills to discover the meaning of what they read. ____________ are an important element of literature for they make literary works more appealing and encouraging to delve into.

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Figures of speech

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Ang (2016) defined _______ as a type of figures of speech that consists of COMPARING TWO THINGS using the words ‘LIKE’ or ‘AS’.

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Simile

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What type of figure of speech?
Your face is as big as a seed, but you do not bear fruit.

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simile

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What type of figure of speech?
His house is as clean as a whistle.

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simile

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What type of figure of speech?
He is as strong as an ox.

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simile

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What type of figure of speech?
Your explanation is as clear as mud.

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simile

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What type of figure of speech?
Watching the show was like watching grass grow.

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simile

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What type of figure of speech?
That is as easy as shooting fish in a barrel.

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simile

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What type of figure of speech?
This contract is as solid as the ground we stand on.

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simile

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What type of figure of speech?
That guy is as nutty as a fruitcake.

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simile

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This is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or HIDDEN COMPARISON between two things or two objects which are COMPLETELY UNRELATED, but STILL SHARE SOME GROUND OF COMMONALITY. Unlike simile, ________ DON’T use ‘as’ and ‘like’ for comparison.

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Metaphor

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What type of figure of speech?
Time is a thief.

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Metaphor

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What type of figure of speech?
Laughter is the best medicine.

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metaphor

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What type of figure of speech?
Her dance is a great poem.

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metaphor

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What type of figure of speech?
“He is the apple of my eye.”

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metaphor

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What type of figure of speech?
“She has such a bubbly personality.”

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metaphor

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What type of figure of speech?
“I’m feeling blue.”

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metaphor

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This is a figure of speech that specially attributes HUMAN-LIKE CHARACTERISTICS to inanimate objects.

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Personification

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What type of figure of speech?
The bullet said to the heart: From now on we shall never part.

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Personification

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What type of figure of speech?
The flame of the candle is dancing in the dark.

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Personification

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What type of figure of speech?
The fire swallowed the entire forest.

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PERSONIFICATION

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What type of figure of speech?
Lightning danced across the sky.

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PERSONIFICATION

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What type of figure of speech?
The wind howled in the night.

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PERSONIFICATION

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What type of figure of speech?
The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.

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PERSONIFICATION

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What type of figure of speech?
Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

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PERSONIFICATION

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What type of figure of speech?
My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

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PERSONIFICATION

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This is a figure of speech that can look like a DIRECT ADDRESS to someone absent, dead, or inanimate. One easy way to spot an _________ is that it always as if the speaker of the statement or the writer of the sentence is CALLING OUT TO SOMEONE WHO IS NOT WITHIN THE HEARING RANGE.

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Apostrophe

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What type of figure of speech?
Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

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APOSTROPHE

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What type of figure of speech?
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are.

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APOSTROPHE

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What type of figure of speech?

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APOSTROPHE

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What type of figure of speech?
holy night! The stars are brightly shining!

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APOSTROPHE

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What type of figure of speech?
Then come, sweet death, and rid me of this grief.

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APOSTROPHE

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What type of figure of speech?
O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth.

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APOSTROPHE

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What type of figure of speech?
Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean – roll!

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APOSTROPHE

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This is a figure of speech that contains a word which can REPRESENT MORE ABSTRACT MEANING.

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What type of figure of speech?
“The pen is mightier than the sword.”

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What type of figure of speech?
“He lives through the bottle.”

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What type of figure of speech?
My dear, you have all of my heart.

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What type of figure of speech?
“He said he reckoned a body could reform the ole man with a shotgun.”

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This figure of speech uses a part of something to REPRESENT A WHOLE.

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Synecdoche

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What type of figure of speech?
“Twenty sails came into the harbor.”

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Synecdoche

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What type of figure of speech?
“I bought a new wheels.”

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Synecdoche

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This is a figure of speech that connotes exaggeration.

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What type of figure of speech?
It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets.

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What type of figure of speech?
The skyscraper was so tall that it seemed to kiss the sky.

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What type of figure of speech?
I’ve told you to clean your room a million times!

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What type of figure of speech?
I have a million things to do today.

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This is a figure of speech that says the opposite of what is meant.

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What type of figure of speech?
“How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.

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What type of figure of speech?
The name of Britain’s biggest dog was “Tiny.”

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What type of figure of speech?
The student was given ‘excellent’ on getting zero in the exam.

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What type of figure of speech?
A writer is working on his manuscript, and it’s a comedy. The days have been fraught with rain and clouds, bringing down his mood and hampering his ability to craft witty scenes. As he opens his blinds one morning, he sees the dark clouds outside again and says, “Great. Another rainy day. How wonderful.”

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This figure of speech refers to any literary, biblical, historical, mythological, scientific event, character or place.

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What type of figure of speech?
Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her.

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What type of figure of speech?
The rise in poverty will unlock the Pandora’s box of crimes.

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What type of figure of speech?
Hey! Guess who the new Newton of our school is?

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This figure of speech involves a CONTRAST of words and ideas.

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Antithesis

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What type of figure of speech?
Love is so short, forgetting so long..

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Antithesis

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What type of figure of speech?
You may be through the past, but the past isn’t through with you.

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Antithesis

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What type of figure of speech?
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

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Antithesis

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What type of figure of speech?
Man proposes, God disposes.

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Antithesis

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What type of figure of speech?
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.

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Antithesis

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What type of figure of speech?
Speech is silver, but silence is gold.

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Antithesis

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What type of figure of speech?
Patience is bitter, but it has a sweet fruit.

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Antithesis

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This figure of speech uses a phrase or statement that on surface seems CONTRADICTORY, but makes EMOTIONAL SENSE. At first, the statement would seem like it does not make any sense, but after some thinking, the meaning would become apparent.

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What type of figure of speech?
The child is father of the man.

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What type of figure of speech?
Your enemy’s friend is your enemy.

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his figure of speech makes a deliberate understatement used to affirm by NEGATING THE OPPOSITE. There is usually a DOUBLE NEGATION in any statement containing litotes. Negative words such as ‘not’, and ‘no’ are found in this type of figurative language.

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What type of figure of speech?
They aren’t the happiest couple around.

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What type of figure of speech?
It is no ordinary city.

70
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This figure of speech puts together in one statement two contradictory terms.

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What type of figure of speech?
He was not unfamiliar with the works of Dickens.

70
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What type of figure of speech?
The teacher told us to act naturally.

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What type of figure of speech?
When I was applying for a scholarship, the organization asked for an original copy my report card.

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What type of figure of speech?
Hero’s cat was found missing.

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