Figures of Speech
Figures of Speech
Figures of Speech
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FIGURES, BASED ON SOUND
1. ALLITERATION.
2. ASSONANCE.
3. CONSONANCE.
4. ONOMATOPEIA.
5. PUN /PARONOMASIA
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ALLITERATION
1. ALLITERATION IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH THE SAME SOUND REPEATS IN A GROUP OF WORDS.
2. THE REPEATING SOUND MUST OCCUR EITHER IN THE FIRST LETTER OF EACH WORD OR IN THE STRESSED SYLLABLES OF
THOSE WORDS.
3. REPETITIONS OF SOUNDS.
4. ALLITERATIVE WORDS DON'T HAVE TO BE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
5. PRESENTLY THE REPEATING SOUNDS OCCURING ON AN UNSTRESSED SYLLABLE OR IN THE SECOND SYLLABLES ALSO
ACCEPTED.
EG. CROOKS CONSPIRE WITH THE UNKIND KING.
• CONSONANCE:
CONSONANCE IS THE REPETITION OF SIMILAR CONSONANT SOUNDS ACROSS SEVERAL WORDS.
• ASSONANCE :
ASSONANCE IS THE REPETITION OF SIMILAR VOWEL SOUNDS ACROSS SEVERAL WORDS.
• ONOMATOPOEIA:
ONOMATOPOEIA IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH WORDS BEFORE THE ACTUAL SOUND OF THE THING THEY REFER TO
OR DESCRIBING. EG. - ZZZZZ ( SLEEPING), MURMUROUS , BABBLE.
• ONOMATOPOEIC WORDS ARE USED TO CREATE ONOMATOPOEIC EFFECT. EG. BOOM, TINTIN Presented by PAPAI
FIGURES, BASED ON ASSOCIATION
3. ALLUSION.
4. HYPALLAGE.
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SYNECDOCHE
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1. A PART SUSTITUTED FOR THE WHOLE. 1. A MAN BOWED DOWN WITH EIGHTY
2. A WHOLE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE PART. SUMMERS. (YEAR- AGE)
4. THE CAUSE FOR THE EFFECT. 5. THE PEN IS MIGHTER THAN THE SWORD.
5. THE INSTRUMENT OR ORGAN FOR THE THE PRESS HAS ENOROMOUS POWER.
AGENT. 6. IAMBIC PENTAMETRE IS COMMON IN SHAKESPEARE.
6. THE AUTHOR/MAKER FOR HIS WORKS. 7. ALL ARABIA BREATHES FROM YONDER BOX. –POPE
7. THE PLACE FOR THE PRODUCTION. 8. THE PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY WERE THE SCOFF OF
EVERY GRINNING COURTIER.
8. THE ACT FOR THE OBJECT OF THE ACT.
9. THE SIGH OF HER SECRET SOUL ( THE YOUTH FOR
9. THE NAME OF A FEELING OR PASSION WHOM SHE SIGHS IN SECRET)
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ALLUSION
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• "WORDS OR EXPRESSION WHICH • NOW WE CLAP OUR HANDS, AND CRY
CALLS TO ONE'S MIND SOME WELL- " EUREKA", IT IS CLEAR.
KNOWN PAST INCIDENTS OR THE -LORD BYRON
SAYING OF SOME GREAT MAN."
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HYPALLAGE
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FIGURES, BASED ON DIFFERENCE
1. EPIGRAM.
2. CLIMAX.
3. ANTICLIMAX / BATHOS.
4. ANTITHESIS.
5. THE CONDENSED SENTENCE.
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EPIGRAM
EPI + GRAMMA
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CLIMAX
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ANTICLIMAX / BATHOS
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-ALEXANDER POPE
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ANTITHESIS
ANTI + TITHEM
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THE CONDENSED SENTENCE
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