Figures of Speech Flashcards
What is a figures of Speech?
phrase that has an implied meaning and should not be taken at face value.
•Indirect comparison
•implied meaning is replaced with the words “as” or “like”.
ex.
•He rans like a cheetah.
Simile
•Direct comparison.
•Without using “as” or “like”.
ex.
•She is an early bird.
metaphor
•Giving life to inanimate objects.
ex.
•Time flies when you’re having fun.
Personification
•the occurrence of the same
letter or sound at the
beginning of adjacent or
closely connected words.
Alliteration
• words or phrases that are
similar to the sounds they
produce.
Onomatopoeia
•These phrases are meant to
emphasize the importance of
something by using over
exaggerated phrases.
Hyperbole
•are used to replace stronger
and harsher phrases.
ex.
•She has “passed away”, instead
of “died.”
Euphemism
•The “part” that represents the
“whole”
ex.
•”What’s the head count?“
Synecdoche
• characterized by words, phrases,
or clauses that repeat in
consecutive sentences
•powerful and dramatic speeches
Anaphora
•They make you sound witty and
even comical in some cases.
•Play with words
Pun
•when a character, author, or
speaker addresses an
inanimate object or even a
person that does not really exist
in the given scenario.
ex.
•Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I
wonder what you are.
Apostrophe
•highlight something by talking
about exactly the opposite of it.
ex.
•“War is peace. Freedom is
slavery. Ignorance is strength.”
Paradox
•used to connect two opposite
ideas simultaneously.
ex.
•This is another fine mess you
have got us into.
Oxymoron
•words that used in place of other
words
•replacement words are different
from the word replaced but share a
common connection.
ex.
•“The pen is mightier than the
sword.”
Metonymy
