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Figure of speech

Aam Kharnamah

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Figure of speech is a rhetorical device that achieves a special effect by using words in distinctive ways
1. Metaphor When you use a metaphor, you make a statement that doesnt make sense literally, like time is a thief. It only makes sense when the similarities between the two things become apparent or someone understands the connection. For examples: He has a heart of stone You are my sunshine

2. Simile A simile compares two things using the words like and as For examples: As funny as a barrel of monkeys They fought like cats and dogs

3. Hyperbole Hyperbole is an outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point, and can be ridiculous or funny. Hyperboles can be added to fiction to add color and depth to a character. For examples: You snore louder than a freight train. I cant breath without you. Ive loved you for a thousand years 4. Personification Personification gives human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas. This can really affect the way the reader imagines things. This is used in childrens books, poetry, and fictional literature. For examples: The sun greeted me this morning. The sky was full of dancing stars. The sun played hide and seek with the clouds.

5. Irony Irony is used to stress on the opposite meaning of a word. When people are looking to be sarcastic, they employ irony. For examples: He was so intelligent, that he failed all his tests. Her handwriting is excellent, that I cant read it. What a tidy your room, that I cant find my book. 6. Litotes A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite. For examples: The food at that restaurant is not bad at all Please drop in to my hut!

7. Antonomasia This figure of speech uses the name of a person on another person or possessing characteristics that are similar to the characteristics of the former. For examples: He was the Adolf Hitler of the school. He will be next Soekarno.

8. Autonomasia is a descriptive word or phrase is used to substitute a persons proper name. For examples: Miss No Comment for Desi Ratnasari The King of pop for Micheal Jackson The Mahatma for Mahatma Ghandhi

9. Sarcasm is a form of humour that uses sharp cutting remarks intended to mock or ridicule others For example: When you made the most silly mistake ever, your friend says to you Good job. oh very funny, haha when you dont mean it.

10. Dead metaphors are metaphors that are so common they are usually unnoticed. For examples: to catch a cold to run a program to grasp a concept etc.

13. Symbol refers to the use of an object or symbol to represent or indicate something else. For examples: The symbolism of a red rose (love) the symbolism of a white flag (peace), etc.

14. Tautology is needless repetition of words to denote the same thing. For examples: CD-ROM disk PIN number ATM machine, etc.

13. Symbol refers to the use of an object or symbol to represent or indicate something else. For examples: The symbolism of a red rose (love) the symbolism of a white flag (peace), etc. c 12.Euphemism is The substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit. For example: Dr. House: I'm busy. Thirteen: We need you to . . . Dr. House: Actually, as you can see, I'm not busy. It's just a euphemism for "get the hell out of here.

15. Onomatopoeia is partly pleasure and partly business. It is used to replicate sounds created by objects, actions, animals and people. For examples: Moo for cows Hiss for snakes Oink for pigs Quack for ducks, etc. 16. Antithesis The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. For example: Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing."

17. Alliteration is the easiest of the examples of figurative language to spot. It is a repetition of the first consonant sounds in several words. For examples: Wide-eyed and wondering while we wait for others to waken and tongue twisters like. Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better. Good men are gruff and grumpy, cranky, crabbed, and cross." 18. Antithesis is an obvious contrast in expression For examples: Actions, not words Read, not sleep

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