MODULE 2: DESCRIBING SENSORY AND FIGURES OF SPEECH Flashcards
WHAT ARE THE FIVE SENSORY DETAILS?
TOUCH, SMELL, SIGHT, TASTE, AND SOUND
THIS FIGURES OF SPEECH IS THE REPETITION OF AN INITIAL CONSONANT
ALLITERATION
THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH IS A REPETITION OF THE SAME WORD
ANAPHORA
THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH CONTRASTS IDEAS
ANTITHESIS
THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH ADDRESSES A NONEXISTENT PERSON AS IF IT WERE A HUMAN BEING
APOSTROPHE
THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH IS SIMILAR IN SOUND. IT IS A REPITITION OF INTERNAL VOWEL SOUNDS IN WORDS
ASSONANCE
THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH CONTRASTS IDEAS
ANTITHESIS
THE SECOND HALF OF THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH IS BALANCED AGAINST THE FIRST. IT IS REPEATED IN REVERSE ORDER.
CHIASMUS
THIS IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT SUBSTITUTES AN INOFFENSIVE TERM
EUPHEMISM
THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH EXAGGERATES STATEMENTS
HYPERBOLE
THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH CONVEYS OPPOSITE OF THEIR LITERAL MEANING
IRONY
THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH IS WHERE ITS AFFIRMATIVE IS EXPRESSED BY NEGATING THE OPPOSITE. INSTEAD OF SAYING SOMETHING DIRECTLY, YOU STATE THAT THE CONTRARY STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE.
LITOTES
THIS IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH WHERE YOU COMPARE TWO THINGS THAT HAVE THE SAME IN COMMON
METAPHOR
WORD IS SUBSTITUTED TO SOMETHING THAT IS SIMILAR
METONYMY
THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH IMITATES THE SOUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH OBJECTS
ONOMATOPOEIA
THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH HAS CONTRADICTORY TERMS APPEAR SIDE BY SIDE
OXYMORON
THIS IS A STATEMENT WHICH CONTRADICTS ITSELF
PARADOX
DRINK SOME WATER
HELTI
THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH ENDOWS INANIMATE OBJECTS WITH HUMAN QUALITIES
PERSONIFICATION
THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH IS A PLAY ON WORDS
PUN
THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH IS A STATED COMPARISON
SIMILE
THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH USES A PART TO REPRESENT THE WHOLE
SYNECDOCHE
THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH MAKES A SITUATION SEEM LESS IMPORTANT
UNDERSTATEMENT
WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE?
THE PHRASE “HIRED HANDS” CAN BE USED TO REPRESENT WORKERS
SYNECDOCHE
WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE?
THE DUCK SAID TO THE WAITER, “PUT IT ON MY BILL.”
PUN
WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE?
CAR, PLEASE WORK.
APOSTROPHE
WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE?
THE SUN SMILED BRIGHTLY DOWN THIS EARLY MORNING
PERSONIFICATION
WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE?
THE TRAIN GOES, “CHOO-CHOO”
ONOMATOPOEIA
WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE?
BITTERSWEET
OXYMORON
WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE?
LESS IS MORE.
PARADOX (CONTRADICTS ITSELF)
WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE?
SHE IS AS COLD AS ICE
SIMILE
WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE?
“IT RAINED A BIT MORE THAN USUAL.” – DESCRIBING AN AREA THAT IS HEAVILY FLOODED BY RAINFALL
UNDERSTATEMENT
WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE?
SHE SELLS SEASHELLS BY THE SEASHORE
ALLITERATION (REPETITION OF THE LETTER S)
WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE?
I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU. I LOVE YOUR EYES, I LOVE YOUR FACE, I LOVE YOUR SMILE.
ANAPHORA (REPETITION OF THE WORDS, I LOVE)
WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE?
MAN IMPOSES, GOD DISPOSES.
ANTITHESIS (CONTRASTS IMPOSES AND DISPOSES)
WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE?
TRY AS I MIGHT, THE KITE DID NOT FLY.
ASSONANCE (REPETITION OF THE LETTER I)
WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE?
CROWN (POWER OF THE KINGS)
METONYMY
WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE?
SHE’S GOING THROUGH A ROLLERCOASTER OF EMOTIONS
METAPHOR
WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE?
TELLING A GROUP OF QUIET PEOPLE, “DON’T SPEAK ALL AT ONCE.”
IRONY
WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE?
“WELL, THAT WASN’T THE BEST DINNER PARTY.”
LITOTES
