...figures of speech...
>>>a rhetorical device that achieves a special effect by using words in distinctive ways.
>>>a rhetorical device that achieves a special effect by using words in distinctive ways.
examples:
◘ chiasmus
>A verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the parts reversed.
example:
> "I flee who chases me, and chase who flees me."
> "Fair is foul, and foul is fair."
> "Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good."
>"If black men have no rights in the eyes of the white men, of course the whites can have none in the eyes of the blacks."
>"The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order."
>"The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children
produce adults."
>"Don't sweat the petty things--and don't pet the sweaty things."
>"Never let a fool kiss you--or a kiss fool you."
>"You can take it out of the country, but you can't take the country out of it."
>"My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington." >"I am stuck on Band-Aid, and Band-Aid's stuck on me."
> "I flee who chases me, and chase who flees me."
> "Fair is foul, and foul is fair."
> "Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good."
>"If black men have no rights in the eyes of the white men, of course the whites can have none in the eyes of the blacks."
>"The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order."
>"The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children
produce adults."
>"Don't sweat the petty things--and don't pet the sweaty things."
>"Never let a fool kiss you--or a kiss fool you."
>"You can take it out of the country, but you can't take the country out of it."
>"My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington." >"I am stuck on Band-Aid, and Band-Aid's stuck on me."
◘ simile ◘
>>>A stated comparison (usually formed with "like" or "as") between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common.
>>>A stated comparison (usually formed with "like" or "as") between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common.
example:
>"My love is like a red, red, rose"...
>"He was only a car mechanic, but he knew cars like a surgeon knows anatomy."
>It was as pretty as a computer.
>It was as cold as desert.
>It was hot as a cold
>Alex's head is as hard as a icecream.
>The child was as happy as a bark.
>Grandpa is as stubborn as a dog.
>As cool as a cucumber.
>"My love is like a red, red, rose"...
>"He was only a car mechanic, but he knew cars like a surgeon knows anatomy."
>It was as pretty as a computer.
>It was as cold as desert.
>It was hot as a cold
>Alex's head is as hard as a icecream.
>The child was as happy as a bark.
>Grandpa is as stubborn as a dog.
>As cool as a cucumber.
◘ alliteration ◘
>>>repetition of an initial consonant sound.
>>>repetition of an initial consonant sound.
example:
>see sally sell seashells by the seashore
>big bees buzz by Bob's bushes.
>The pleasant Prince pleaded for peace.
> Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
> Round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran
>fat figs flick from fluffy fig trees
>see sally sell seashells by the seashore
>big bees buzz by Bob's bushes.
>The pleasant Prince pleaded for peace.
> Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
> Round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran
>fat figs flick from fluffy fig trees
◘ anaphora ◘
>>>Repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses.
>>>Repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses.
examples:
> We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender.
>>>The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases.> We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender.
◘ antithesis ◘
examples:
>"Too black for heaven, and yet too white for hell."
>"Give me liberty, or give me death"
>Black and White
>Ebony and Ivory
>Such as Hot Cold
>Bitter-sweet
>Student Teacher
>Cold as Hell
>Pretty Ugly
>Delightfully Wicked
>The Agony of Ecstacy
>Act Naturally
>Accidentally on Purpose
>Idiot Savant
>Lets agree to disagree
>"Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour:
England hath need of thee . . .."
>"Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art"
>"Science! True daughter of Old Time thou art!"
>"Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race. . . . Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead."
>"Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own.
>"O stranger of the future!
O inconceivable being!
whatever the shape of your house,
however you scoot from place to place,
no matter how strange and colorless the clothes you may wear,
I bet nobody likes a wet dog either.
I bet everyone in your pub,
even the children, pushes her away."
>"Too black for heaven, and yet too white for hell."
>"Give me liberty, or give me death"
>Black and White
>Ebony and Ivory
>Such as Hot Cold
>Bitter-sweet
>Student Teacher
>Cold as Hell
>Pretty Ugly
>Delightfully Wicked
>The Agony of Ecstacy
>Act Naturally
>Accidentally on Purpose
>Idiot Savant
>Lets agree to disagree
◘ apostrophe ◘
>>>Breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing, some abstract quality, an inanimate object, or a nonexistent character.
>>>Breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing, some abstract quality, an inanimate object, or a nonexistent character.
example:
>"Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour:
England hath need of thee . . .."
>"Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art"
>"Science! True daughter of Old Time thou art!"
>"Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race. . . . Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead."
>"Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own.
>"O stranger of the future!
O inconceivable being!
whatever the shape of your house,
however you scoot from place to place,
no matter how strange and colorless the clothes you may wear,
I bet nobody likes a wet dog either.
I bet everyone in your pub,
even the children, pushes her away."
◘ euphemism ◘
>>>The substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit.
>>>The substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit.
example:
>"boulder holder" or bra
>"gas leak" or fart
>"butt warmer" or spanking
>"passed away," "kicked the bucket" or died
>"toilet paper" or butt wipe
>"rag" or pad
>"boulder holder" or bra
>"gas leak" or fart
>"butt warmer" or spanking
>"passed away," "kicked the bucket" or died
>"toilet paper" or butt wipe
>"rag" or pad
◘ hyperbole ◘
>>>An extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect.
>>>An extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect.
example:
>There are millions of other things to do.
>There are millions of other things to do.
>You're always doing that.
>Running faster than the speed of light.
>You could be Miss Universe.
>it took lightyears for this to work
>i waited in line for centeries
>I've told you a million times don't exaggarate
◘ irony ◘
>>>The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. A statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea.
>>>The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. A statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea.
example:
>i always say to my students that it is ironic that they stay behind wanting to ask questions and study when I the teacher want to go home ASAP.
>a fire station that burns down is ironic.
>a boxer being helped out in a fight from an old lady.◘ metaphor ◘
>>>An implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common.
>>>An implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common.
examples:
>Life is a journey, purposes are destinations, means are routes, difficulties are obstacles, counselors are guides, achievements are landmarks, choices are crossroads..
>A lifetime is a day, death is sleep; a lifetime is a year, death is winter..
>Life is a struggle, dying is losing a contest against an adversary..
>Life is a precious possession, death is a loss..
>Time is a thief..
>He went through girlfriends like a cop goes through doughnuts.
>Life is a journey, purposes are destinations, means are routes, difficulties are obstacles, counselors are guides, achievements are landmarks, choices are crossroads..
>A lifetime is a day, death is sleep; a lifetime is a year, death is winter..
>Life is a struggle, dying is losing a contest against an adversary..
>Life is a precious possession, death is a loss..
>Time is a thief..
>He went through girlfriends like a cop goes through doughnuts.
>A blanket of snow instead of a layer of snow
>A coat of paint instead a layer of paint
>They use descriptive words to help explain the idea the author is trying to convey◘ metonymy ◘
>>>A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated; also, the rhetorical strategy of describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
>>>A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated; also, the rhetorical strategy of describing something indirectly by referring to things around it
examples:
> The pen is mightier than the sword.
>Nixon bombed Hanoi.
>A Mercedes rear-ended me.
>"The White House did not want to comment on the situation."
>"She likes to read Poe."
> The pen is mightier than the sword.
>Nixon bombed Hanoi.
>A Mercedes rear-ended me.
>"The White House did not want to comment on the situation."
>"She likes to read Poe."
◘ onomatopoeia ◘
>>>The formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
>>>The formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
example:
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◘ oxymoron ◘
>>>A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side.
>
| BUZZ 'Listen to the bee buzz by'. |  |
| CLICK 'Click the button and take a picture'. |  |
| CRACKLE 'Listen to the fire crackle in the dark' . |
|
| FLUSH 'Don't forget to flush the toilet'. |  |
| KISS 'A long kiss is something you won't forget'. |  |
| RATCHET 'The bar is a ratchet in the machine'. |  |
| WHOOSH 'Dave whooshed down the hill'. |  |
◘ oxymoron ◘
>>>A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side.
examples:
>True Love
>Simple Justice
>The rightful heir
>an honest politicean
>to succeed to unattainable heights
>a happy camper
>True Love
>Simple Justice
>The rightful heir
>an honest politicean
>to succeed to unattainable heights
>a happy camper
◘ paradox ◘
>>>A statement that appears to contradict itself.
>>>A statement that appears to contradict itself.
examples:
>Rewards are not always proportionate to effort.
>Bad things happen to good people.
> You achieve your goal only to find out that it's not what you wanted!
>Superior force triumphs over right.
>Nice guys don't win ball games.
>Where have all the heroes gone?
>Even your best friends let you down.
>I've made amends, turned the corner, so why is this happening to me?
>That which we believe most fervently often turns out to be wrong.
>The more fit we become, the closer we get to death!
>Rewards are not always proportionate to effort.
>Bad things happen to good people.
> You achieve your goal only to find out that it's not what you wanted!
>Superior force triumphs over right.
>Nice guys don't win ball games.
>Where have all the heroes gone?
>Even your best friends let you down.
>I've made amends, turned the corner, so why is this happening to me?
>That which we believe most fervently often turns out to be wrong.
>The more fit we become, the closer we get to death!
◘ personification ◘
>>>A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities.
>>>A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities.
examples:
>The breeze was whistling.
>'All is Fair in Love and War'
>I am just going outside and may be some time."
>A soiled baby, with a neglected nose, cannot be conscientiously regarded as a thing of beauty."
>I have to have this operation. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain."
>"It's just a flesh wound."
>Well, that's cast rather a gloom over the evening, hasn't it?"
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>The breeze was whistling.
>The sun kissed my cheek.
>My computer hates me.
>The camera loves me.
>Art is a jealous mistress.
>Wind yells while blowing.
>Opportunity knocked on the door.
>The sun greeted me this morning.
>Snow had wrapped a white blanket over the city.
>Time never waits for anyone.
>Trees were dancing with the wind.
>The TV sprang to life.
>The radio stopped singing and continued to stare at me.
>The picture in that magazine shouted for attention.
>The flowers were crying for my attention.
>Sun was playing hide and seek, amidst the clouds.
>The car winked at me.
>The lightning lashed out with anger.
>The moon seemed to smile at me from the sky.
>The sky was full of dancing stars.
◘ synecdoche ◘
>>>A figure of speech is which a part is used to represent the whole, the whole for a part, the specific for the general, the general for the specific, or the material for the thing made from it.
examples:
>hands
>head 
>threads 
>wheels 
>smiling year 
>cutthorat 
>kleenex 
>castle 
>bread 
>willow 
>copper 
>beards 
>ivories 
>plastic 
◘ understatement ◘
>>>a figure of speech in which a writer or a speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is.
examples:
>Tiger woods is an alright golfer
>Killing a deer is like catching a dorp of rain
>A guy named E. loved to death a girl named M.>'All is Fair in Love and War'
>I am just going outside and may be some time."
>A soiled baby, with a neglected nose, cannot be conscientiously regarded as a thing of beauty."
>I have to have this operation. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain."
>"It's just a flesh wound."
>Well, that's cast rather a gloom over the evening, hasn't it?"
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