Figures Of Speech Flashcards
It is a build up of ideas but the final statement is often flat and unexpected
Anti climax or bathos
A disapproving remark which hints at something without stating it directly
Inneundo
It is either a direct or an indirect referral to a particular aspect
Allussion
A build up of ascending ideas it reaches a peak creating excitement and heightened tension
Climax
The transportation or mixing up of the initial sounds of spoken words
Spoonerism
Compares and contradicts ideas or statements within a sentence
Antithesis
An inscription on a building,statue or coin it can be a short quotation at the beginning of a book or chapter intended to suggest its theme
Ephigraph
It is a brief pointed statement that contains humor or irony
Epigram
A part is used for a whole or a whole is used for a part
Synecdoche
Something associated with the object represents the object
Metonymy
An imitation or mimicry of the style of a particular writer.artist.or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect
Parody
Puts together two words that contradict each other
Oxymoron
A seemingly absurd or contradictory statement which is analysed and found true
Paradox
A play on words which are alike in sound but different in meaning
Pun
Saying something but mean another with the purpose of hurting,insulting and humiliating
Sarcasm
