Figures of Speech Flashcards
- express comparison
- using like, as, as if, than, seems, similar to
ex. She is AS flexible as a bamboo.
Simile
- implied comparison
- without like or as
ex. She is the apple of his eyes.
Metaphor
- human characteristics are attributed to an inanimate thing.
ex. DEATH STOPPED me.
Personification
- deliberate understatement
- negating its opposite
- DOUBLE NEGATIVE = Positive
ex. Edgar Allan Poe is NOT A BAD WRITER.
Litotes
- address to the absent as if present
- inanimate as if human
ex. O Liberty! Liberty! How many crimes are committed in the name! (Madame Roland)
Apostrophe
- brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea
- historical, cultural, literary or political significance
ex. You are the class’s Miriam Defensor Santiago.
Allusion
- exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis or poetic effect
- Overstatement
ex. I think of you a million times a day.
Hyperbole
- DISCREPANCY — disparity between what seems and what is
Irony
- discrepancy between what the SPEAKER SAYS and what HE MEANS
ex. IT WAS VERY KIND OF YOU to remind me of humiliation.
Verbal Irony
Discrepancy between EXPECTATION and RESULT, INTENTION and OUTCOME, ILLUSION and REALITY
ex. A fire station burns down.
Irony of Situation
Bida -namatay - buhi
Dramatic Irony
- a part = whole
- whole = part
ex. Your wheel is dope.
Describing a complete vehicle as “wheels.”
Synecdoche
Name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated
ex. Let me give you a HAND. (means help)
Metonymy
- TRUE but seemingly CONTRADICTORY ideas
ex. Less is more
The child is the Father or the man. (William Wordsworth)
Paradox
- compact paradox
- 2 successive words — contradict each other
ex. The WISE FOOL burned my taco.
Oxymoron
