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Figures of Speech
Figures of speech
Question | Answer |
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Simile | A comparison between two completely different words using like or as. |
Metaphor | A comparison between two completely different things without using like or as. |
Idiom | Word combinations that have different meanings then the literal definitions of the word. |
Personification | An object or animal that is given human qualities and abilities. |
Alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a word or sentence. |
Onomatopoeia | Word that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. |
Hyperbole | An exaggerated statement, or claims not to be taken literally. |
Anaphora | When several phrases or verses begin with the same word or words. |
Assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds of words that are close together. |
Irony | Words where the meaning is opposite of their usual meaning. |
Oxymoron | Is a combination of contradictory. |
Euphemism | Substitution of an inoffensive term or phrase for one that has coarse or sordid, unpleasant associations. |
Pun | Play on words sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words. |
Paradox | A statement that appears to contradict itself. |
Understatement | A writer or speaker makes a situation seem less important than it is. |
Chiasmus | A verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first, but with the parts reversed. |
Antithesis | The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. |