Figures Of Speech Flashcards
Type
When one thing supplies a suggestion or forecast of another
Personification
Attributing human qualities to inanimate objects
Anthropopathisms
Describing God as displaying human emotions
Forecast
What’s going to happen
Allegory
Similar to a parable but with a possible literal interpretation
Synecdoche
A part is made to stand as a whole, or a whole for a part
Hyperbole
Use of exaggerated terms for emphasis
Illustration
A picture to help you think of something
Contrast
Two things set in opposition to one another
Apostrophe
An exclamatory passage toward an absent individual
Simile
One thing is likened to another by direct comparison (like, as)
Anthropomorphism
Attributing a physical human behavior to God
Irony
An incongruity between the intended meaning of an action and its actual meaning
Metaphor
One thing is likened to another by implication
Comparison
A resemblance is shown between two different things
