figures of speech Flashcards
is used by writers to produce images in readers’ minds and to express ideas in fresh, vivid, and imaginative ways
Figurative Language
refers to the color we use to amplify our writing
Figurative Language
is a way to engage your readers, ushering them through your writing with a more creative tone
Figurative Language
a comparison is between two objects of different kinds which have. However, one point in common
Simile
comparison is intended to make a description more emphatic or vivid for effective communication
Simile
usually introduced be words as like, as or so
Simile
She’s as sly like a fox
Simile
The train crawls like a snake
Simile
word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show that they are similar
Metaphor
an implied simile
Metaphor
takes that for granted and proceeds as if the two things were one
Metaphor
a word or phrase is applied to an object or action, though it is not literally applicable
Metaphor
Time is a thief.
Personification
when an attribution of a personal nature or human characteristic is used to describe something nonhuman
Personification
The nonhuman objects are portrayed in such a way that we feel they have the ability to act like human beings
Personification
The sky weeps
Personification
Time and tide wait for none.
Personification
figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis
Hyperbole
an exaggerated statement or claim that is not meant to be taken literally
Hyperbole
device that we employ in our daytoday speech
Hyperbole
I am trying to solve a million issues these days
Hyperbole
Hyperbole derived from a ? word meaning ?
Greek “overcasting”
occurs when a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience and directs speech to a 3rd party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes absent from the scene. Often the addressee is a personified abstract quality or inanimate object
Apostrophe
exclamatory figure of speech
Apostrophe
Then come, sweet death, and rid me of this grief.
Apostrophe
words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words
Irony
may also be a situation that ends up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated
Irony
difference between appearance and reality
Irony
A fire station burns down
Irony
A marriage counselor files for divorce
Irony
The repetition of an initial consonant sound
Alliteration
But a better butter makes a batter better
Alliteration
Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words
Assonance
Hear the mellow wedding bells
Assonance
polite, indirect expressions that replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite, or which suggest something unpleasant
Euphemism
idiomatic expression, which loses its literal meanings and refers to something else, in order to hide its unpleasantness
Euphemism
We do not hire mentally challenged (stupid) people
Euphemism
figure of speech that is defined as the use of disparaging or offensive expressions instead of inoffensive ones
Dysphemism
use of negative expressions instead of positive ones
Dysphemism
speaker uses them to humiliate or degrade the disapproved person or character
Dysphemism
Fag for homosexual man
Dysphemism
Bullshit for lies
Dysphemism
Dysphemism originated from the ?, means ? And ?, which means ?
Greek word dys (miss or none) ; pheme (reputation or speech)
uses a phrase or statement that on surface seems contradictor, but makes some kind of emotional sense
Paradox
This is the beginning of the end
Paradox
This is the most famous of all logical paradoxes, because it’s so simple
This statement is a lie.
puts together in one statement two contradictory terms
Oxymoron
That’s my adult child. Poor thing still can’t get himself into the real adult.
Oxymoron
refers to a word that phonetically mimics or resembles the sound of the thing it describes
Onomatopoeia
the words we use to describe the noises that animals make
Onomatopoeia
to make indirect reference
Allusion
figure of speech that quickly stimulates different ideas and associations using only a couple of words
Allusion
“It is raining so hard, I hope it doesn’t rain for 40 days and 40 nights.”
Allusion
type of literature that uses the sounds, rhythms, and meanings of words to describe the world in striking imaginative ways
POETRY
Poetry is divided into ?
lines
groups of words
lines
Lines are organized in units of meaning called
stanza
A blank line, called a ?, signals that one stanza has ended and a new stanza is beginning
stanza break
repetition of vowel and consonant sounds at the ends of words
Rhyme
when rhymes follow a particular pattern
Rhyme Scheme
