Figures of Speech Flashcards
A way of saying one thing in terms of something else
Figure of Speech
Makes an explicit comparison between two things using words such as like, as, than, appears, seems
Simile
Makes a comparison between two unlike things and does implicitly
Metaphor
A foreboding that something terrible is about to happen
Presentiment
A figure that does no explicitly identify the thing that it is talking about. It alludes to it
Implied Metaphor
Extended comparisons in which part or all of the poem consists of a series of related comparisons
Extended metaphor or simile
Extended comparisons in which part or all of the poem consists of a series of related comparisons
Extended metaphor or simile
A play on words that relies on a word having more than one meaning or sounding like another word
Pun
A figure in which part of something is used to signify the whole or the other way around
Synecdoche
A figure in which something closely associated with the subject is substituted for it
Metonymy
The attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman things
Personification
The attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman things
Personification
An address either to someone who is absent and therefore cannot hear the speaker or to something nonhuman that cannot comprehend
Apostrophe
An address either to someone who is absent and therefore cannot hear the speaker or to something nonhuman that cannot comprehend
Apostrophe
Adds emphasis without intending to be taken literally
Hyperbole or Overstatement
A figure that says less than intended
Understatement
A statement that initially appears to be self-contradictory but that, on closer inspection, turns out to make sense
Paradox
A condensed paradox in which two opposite words are paired together
Oxymoron
