figure of speech

• IDIOMS - a set of words or to put it another way, a phrases that has a meaning beyond the word's literal meanings.
• TYPES OF IDIOMS

  1. PURE IDIOMS
  2. BINOMIAL IDIOMS
  3. PARTIAL IDIOMS
  4. PREPOSITIONAL IDIOMS
• PURE IDIOMS - the meaning of which can't be deduced by its individual components.
• PARTIAL IDIOMS - this idiom is on that's been shortened into one part generally being understood by fluent speakers.
• BINOMIAL IDIOMS - an idiom that contains two words joined by a conjunction or a preposition.
• PREPOSITIONAL IDIOMS - this idiom is a phrase that combines a verb and a preposition to create a verb with a distinct meaning.
• PLURAL NOUNS - refer to a type of a noun whose quantity is more than one.
• FIGURE OF SPEECH - or rhetorical figure is a word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ordinary language use to produce a rhetorical effect.
• SIMILE - like a metaphor, makes a comparison between two unrelated things. a simile states that one thing is like another thing.
• METAPHOR - is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another thing, even though this isn't literally true.
• PERSONIFICATION - A figure of speech that attributes human characteristics to something that is not human.
• APOSTROPHE - A figure of speech is when a character addresses someone or something that isn’t present or cannot respond.
• ALLUSION - is a figure of speech that references a person, place, thing, or event.
• HYPERBOLE - A deliberate exaggeration that adds emphasis, urgency, or excitement to a statement.
• REPETITION - a literary device in which a word or phrase is repeated two or more times.
• MEIOSIS - a witty understatement that belittles or dismisses something or somebody.
• IRONY - a literary device in which contradictory statements or situations reveal a reality that is different from what appears to be true.
• VERBAL IRONY - a trope in which the intended meaning of a statement differs from the meaning that the words appear to express.
• TYPES OF IRONY

  • VERBAL IRONY
  • SITUATIONAL IRONY
  • DRAMATIC IRONY
• FIGURE OF SPEECH RESEMBLANCE

  • SIMILE
  • METAPHOR
  • PERSONIFICATION
  • ALLUSION
  • APOSTROPHE
• FIGURE OF SPEECH EMPHASIS

  • HYPERBOLE
  • REPETITION
  • MEIOSIS
• FIGURE OF SPEECH PARALLELISM OR CONTRAST

  • IRONY
  • PARADOX
• PARADOX - a figure of speech that appears to be self-contradictory but actually reveals something truthful.
• DRAMATIC IRONY - an effect produced by a narrative in which the audience knows more about the present or future circumstances than a character in the story.
• SITUATIONAL IRONY - involves an incongruity between what is expected or intended and what actually occurs.
• ALLITERATION - the repeating of consonant sounds right next to each other, which creates a memorable or melodic effect
• ASSONANCE - Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words.
• ONOMATOPOEIA - The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
• PUN - ​A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
• FIGURE OF SPEECH SOUND EFFECTS

  • ALLITERATION
  • PUN
  • ONOMATOPOEIA
  • ASSONANCE
• METONYMY - A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated.
• SYNECDOCHE - A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole.
• CLIMAX - The arrangement of a series of words, phrases, clauses, or sentences in an ascending order of importance.
• FIGURE OF SPEECH ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS

  • CLIMAX
  • ANTI-CLIMAX
• ANTI-CLIMAX - An abruptly ending a climax build – up with an insignificant item