lesson 3 Flashcards
- an expression of language, by which the
usual or literal meaning of a word is not
employed
Figures of Speech
A. Figures of speech according to sounds
Alliteration
Consonance
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
Repetition
Refrain
The repetition of an initial consonant sound in a row
Alliteration
“Walter wondered where Winnie
was”
Alliteration
Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words.
Assonance
“Uncertain rustling of each purple
curtain”
Assonance
The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
Onomatopoeia
“The bees buzzed in the garden”
Onomatopoeia
- refers to repetitive sounds produced by final consonants within a sentence or phrase
Consonance
“He struck a streak of bad luck”
Consonance
is the simple repetition of a word, within a sentence or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the words, in order to secure
emphasis
REPETITION
“Because I do not hope to turn again Because I do not hope Because I do not hope to turn…”
REPETITION
a phrase, verse, or verses repeated at
intervals in a song or poem, as after each
stanza
Refrain
is the line or lines that are repeated in
music or in verse; the “chorus” of a song
Refrain
“There lived a lady by the North Sea shore, Lay the bent to the bonny broom Two daughters were the babes she bore. Fa la la la la la la la la.”
Refrain
Figures of speech according to comparison
Simile
Metaphor
A stated comparison (usually formed with “like” or “as”) between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common.
Simile
“His kisses were sweet like wine.”
Simile
An implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common.
Metaphor
“All the world is a stage.”
Metaphor
Figures of speech according to substitution
Personification
Apostrophe
Allusion
Hyperbole
Synecdoche
Litotes
Polysendeton
Addresses inanimate or abstract ideas as if human
Apostrophe
“Roll on ocean, roll on!”
Apostrophe
A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities.
Personification
“The tornado ran through the town
without a care.”
Personification
A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite.
litotes
“You are not wrong.”
litotes
A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole
Synecdoche
“Hey, I could use an extra pair of hands over here! “
Synecdoche
An extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect.
Hyperbole
“I will love you until the oceans all dry up.”
Hyperbole
The overuse of conjunctions in close succession helps achieve rhythm, mainly by introducing continuation and slowing it.
POLYSYNDETON
“If there be cords, or knives, poison, or fire,
or suffocating streams, I’ll not endure it.”
POLYSYNDETON
- is a figure of speech, or hint, that makes a reference to, or a representation of people, places, events, literary work, myths, or works of art either directly or by implication.
allusion
