Figures of Speech

Question 1

Onomatopeia

Answer 1

creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles or suggests the sound it describes. (grumbling and rumbling)

Question 2

Repetition

Answer 2

as a poetic device may involve a single word , phrase or a line. Used in a hymn or other song, it appears as a refrain or chorous. Sometimes the poet varies the effect by making slight changes in the phrase, line or stanza.

Question 3

Anaphora

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Repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses. (In time, in time, in time; with, with with)

Question 4

Anadiplosis

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the repetition of a word or words in a successive clauses in such a way that the second clause starts with the same word which marks the end of a previous clause. (in the grass, grass in the wind)

Question 5

Epistrophe

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a word or a phrase that is repeated at the end of successive clauses.

Question 6

Polyptoton

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a rhetorical repetition of the same root word. (love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly loved)

Question 7

Epanalepsis

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a repetition of the initial part of the clause or sentence at the end of that same clause or sentence.

Question 8

Symploce

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a word or a phrase is used successively at the beginning of two or more clauses or sentences and another word or phrase with similar wording is used successively at the end of them ( When there is talk of hatered, let us stand up and talk against it.)

Question 9

Similie

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A simile is a comparison between two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.” ( love is like a red, red rose)

Question 10

Metaphor

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A metaphor makes a comparison between two unlike things or ideas. (Juliet is the sun)

Question 11

Symbol

Answer 11

idea or a thing that stands for something else. (sunflower, sun)

Question 12

Synecdoche

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a part of something is used to refer to the whole entity, or a whole entity is used to refer to the part of something. (I have four mouths to feed at home.)

Question 13

Metonymy

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a figure of speech where a name for something is replaced with something it’s associated with, but unlike synecdoche, the part does not have to refer to the whole. ( It was decided by the crown)

Question 14

Hyperbole

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uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect. (I’ll love you till the ocean dries up)

Question 15

Paradox

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“a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. (I mist be cruel to be kind)

Question 16

Oxymoron

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An oxymoron is two contradictory terms used together. (heavy lightness)

Question 17

Personification

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Personification gives human qualities to non-living things or ideas. (the flower nodded)

Question 18

Allegory

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the presentation of a continuous or extended idea by means of symbols or personification; a narrative in which underlying meaning is different from the surface meaning

Question 19

Irony

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Irony occurs when there’s a marked contrast between what is said and what is meant, or between appearance and reality. (Water, water everywhere… nor any drop to drink)

Question 20

Antithesis

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is used in writing or speech either as a proposition that contrasts with or reverses some previously mentioned proposition, or when two opposites are introduced together for contrasting effect. (war and peace)

Question 21

Cliche

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a trite expression, often a figure of speech whose effectiveness has been worn out through overuse and excessive familiarity. (ace up my sleeve)