Trickly solve Figures of Speech
A
Anaphora:
the repetition of words or phrases at the
beginning in a group of sentences, clauses, or poetic lines.
EX: I love everything about you. I love your face.
Alliteration: repetition
of an alphabet in a words in a line or clause, at the beginning not use at the
middle or end portion.
Ex: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Assonance: Repetition
of same vowel sounds in the middle portion of a word. But the word will start
with a consonant.
Ex: Clap your hands, and stamp your feet.
Antithesis: a figure of speech that places two completely
contrasting ideas or clauses in juxtaposition.
Ex: Art is long, and Time is fleeting.
Apostrophe: the speaker addresses a
dead or absent person, or an abstraction or inanimate object
Ex: “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?”
Anti-Climax: a figure of speech that
consists of the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea
to a trivial or ludicrous one.
Ex: There goes the person, O illustrious spark! And there scarce less
illustrious, goes the clerk!
Allusion: a reference to a
well-known person, character, place, or event that a writer makes to deepen the
reader’s understanding of their work.
Ex: Chocolate cake is my Achilles heel. Visit:
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C
Climax: is a figure of speech in
which a series of phrases or sentences is arranged in ascending order of
rhetorical forcefulness.
Ex: The cat crouched on all fours, locked its target, pounced high and
struck its target down in a swift move.
Consonance: a stylistic literary device that repeats the
same consonant sound within a group of words.
Ex: Traffic figures, on July Fourth, to be tough.
E
Epigram: a short, interesting and
insightful idea or thought about a specific subject expressed in a witty,
satirical and funny manner.
Ex: Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay / To mound me Man, did I
solicit thee / From darkness to promote me?
Euphemism: A euphemism is a word or
phrase that softens an uncomfortable topic.
Ex: “Passed away” instead of “died”.
Exclamation: a sound, word, or
sentence that is spoken suddenly, loudly, or emphatically and that expresses
excitement, admiration, shock, or anger.
Ex: You did a really good job!
H
Hyperbole: an intentional
exaggeration for emphasis or comic effect. Visit: englit.in
Ex: the bag weighed a ton
Hypallage or transfer
epithet:
when an adjective usually used to describe one thing is transferred to another.
Ex: 'sleepless nights'.
I
Innuendo: when you say something
which is polite and innocent on the surface, but indirectly hints at an insult
or rude comment, a dirty joke, or even
social or political criticism.
Ex: I do not consult physician for I hope to die without then.
Irony: the use of words to
express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal
meaning.
Ex: And Brutus is an honourable man.
Imagery: a writer or speaker’s
use of words or figures of speech to create a vivid mental picture or physical
sensation.
Ex: “The grass was green, and the flowers were red.”
Inversion: the syntactic reversal
of the normal order of the words and phrases in a sentence.
Ex: “Tomorrow we'll go to the park,” one might invert the order and say,
“Tomorrow to the park we'll go” or “Tomorrow to the park go we.”
Interrogation: the asking of question
not for the sake of getting an answer but to put a point more effectively.
Ex: Am I my brother’s keeper?
L
Litotes: understatement in which
an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary
Ex: The trip wasn’t a total loss. Visit: englit.in
M
Metonymy: figure of speech in which an object or idea
is referred to by the name of something closely associated with it, as opposed
to by its own name.
Ex: I have read all of Milton.
Metaphor: a figure of speech that
describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true, but helps
explain an idea or make a comparison. Not using the words “like” or “as”.
Ex: My heart’s a stereo.
O
Onomatopoeia: a figure of speech that describes an object
or action in a way that isn’t literally true, but helps explain an idea or make
a comparison.
Ex: Bow-wow.
Oxymoron: a figure of speech that
combines contradictory words with opposing meanings, it sits besides.
Ex: “old news,” “deafening silence,” or “organized chaos.” Visit: englit.in
P
Paradox: a statement or
proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a
possible truth.
Ex: All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than
others."
Personification: to attribute human characteristics to
something that is not human.
Ex: “The sun smiled down on us.”
personal metaphor: a figure of speech that is used to make a
comparison, but in a way different from a simile.
Ex: Flowers are shown to feel ‘thirsty’ like living beings.
Periphrasis: a roundabout or indirect
manner of writing or speaking. Visit: englit.in
Ex: “more intelligent” instead of “smarter.”
Pun: It can also play with
words that sound similar, but not exactly the same. The joke’s humor (if any)
comes from the confusion of the two meanings.
Ex: The tallest building in town is the library — it has thousands of
stories!
R
Repetition: when a single word or
phrase is used multiple times in short succession for effect.
Ex: Time after time.
S
Simile: a type of figurative
language that describes something by comparing it to something else with the
words “like” or “as.”
Ex: as proud as a peacock, as busy as a bee and so on. * Life is like a
box of chocolates.
Synecdoche: figure of speech in
which a part represents the whole meaning.
Ex: "offer your hand in
marriage".
Sarcasm: the use of words that
mean the opposite of what you really want to say, especially in order to insult
someone, or to show irritation, or just to be funny.
Ex: Tell me something I don’t know. Visit: englit.in
V
Vision: A Figure of Speech which
consists of treating the past, the future, or the remote as if present in time
or place.
Ex: A vivid picture is presented.
Z
Zeugma: one word to modify two other words, in two
different ways.
Ex: The feast and noon grew high.
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