Must known Figures of speeches (7) :
1.Alliteration
What is an alliteration?
Alliteration is the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.
Alliteration draws attention to the phrase and is often used for emphasis.The initial consonant sound is usually repeated in two neighboring words although sometimes the repetition occurs also in words that are not neighbors.
Examples:
sweet smell of success,
a dime a dozen,
bigger and better,
jump for joy
share a continent but not a country
2.What is irony?
Irony is a figure of speech in which there is a contradiction of expectation between what is said what is really meant. It is characterized by an incongruity, a contrast, between reality and appearance. There are three types of irony: verbal, dramatic and situational.
Types of irony
Verbal irony:
It is a contrast between what is said and what is meant
Dramatic irony:
It occurs when the audience or the reader knows more than the character about events. In other words, what the character thinks is true is incongruous with what the audience knows.
Situational irony:
This refers to the contrast between the actual result of a situation and what was intended or expected to happen.
Examples of irony
His argument was as clear as mud.
The two identical twins were arguing. One of them told the other: "You're ugly"
The thieves robbed the police station.
3.Anticlimax (figure of speech)
Anticlimax refers to a figure of speech in which statements gradually descend in order of importance. Unlike climax, anticlimax is the arrangement of a series of words, phrases, or clauses in order of decreasing importance.
Examples of anticlimax
These are some examples of anticlimax:
1. She is a great writer, a mother and a good humorist.
2. He lost his family, his car and his cell phone.
4.What is a metaphor?
Unlike simile, metaphor (from the Greek language: meaning "transfer") is language that directly compares seemingly unrelated subjects. It is a figure of speech that compares two or more things not using like or as. In the simplest case, this takes the form:
X - is - Y
Examples of metaphor:
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
(William Shakespeare, As You Like It, 2/7)
5.What is oxymoron?
An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines incongruous or contradictory terms. The plural is oxymorons or oxymora.
Examples:
An oximoron can be made of an adjective and a noun:
Dark light
Deafening silence
Living dead
Open secret
Virtual reality
(Oximorons can also be a combination of a noun and a verb)
6.Personification
What is Personification?
Personification is a figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to an abstract quality, animal, or inanimate object.
Examples
Notice the use of personification in William Blake's poem below:
Two Sunflowers Move in the Yellow Room.
"Ah, William, we're weary of weather,"
said the sunflowers, shining with dew.
"Our traveling habits have tired us.
Can you give us a room with a view?"
They arranged themselves at the window
and counted the steps of the sun,
and they both took root in the carpet
where the topaz tortoises run.
William Blake
(1757-1827)
7.What is a simile?
A simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced with the word "like" or "as". It takes the form of:
X is (not) like Y
X is (not) as Y
X is (not) similar to Y
Examples of simile:
He fights like a lion.
He swims as fast as a fish.
He slithers like a snake.
"My dad was a mechanic by trade when he was in the Army, When he got the tools out, he was like a surgeon."
1.Alliteration
What is an alliteration?
Alliteration is the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.
Alliteration draws attention to the phrase and is often used for emphasis.The initial consonant sound is usually repeated in two neighboring words although sometimes the repetition occurs also in words that are not neighbors.
Examples:
sweet smell of success,
a dime a dozen,
bigger and better,
jump for joy
share a continent but not a country
2.What is irony?
Irony is a figure of speech in which there is a contradiction of expectation between what is said what is really meant. It is characterized by an incongruity, a contrast, between reality and appearance. There are three types of irony: verbal, dramatic and situational.
Types of irony
Verbal irony:
It is a contrast between what is said and what is meant
Dramatic irony:
It occurs when the audience or the reader knows more than the character about events. In other words, what the character thinks is true is incongruous with what the audience knows.
Situational irony:
This refers to the contrast between the actual result of a situation and what was intended or expected to happen.
Examples of irony
His argument was as clear as mud.
The two identical twins were arguing. One of them told the other: "You're ugly"
The thieves robbed the police station.
3.Anticlimax (figure of speech)
Anticlimax refers to a figure of speech in which statements gradually descend in order of importance. Unlike climax, anticlimax is the arrangement of a series of words, phrases, or clauses in order of decreasing importance.
Examples of anticlimax
These are some examples of anticlimax:
1. She is a great writer, a mother and a good humorist.
2. He lost his family, his car and his cell phone.
4.What is a metaphor?
Unlike simile, metaphor (from the Greek language: meaning "transfer") is language that directly compares seemingly unrelated subjects. It is a figure of speech that compares two or more things not using like or as. In the simplest case, this takes the form:
X - is - Y
Examples of metaphor:
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
(William Shakespeare, As You Like It, 2/7)
5.What is oxymoron?
An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines incongruous or contradictory terms. The plural is oxymorons or oxymora.
Examples:
An oximoron can be made of an adjective and a noun:
Dark light
Deafening silence
Living dead
Open secret
Virtual reality
(Oximorons can also be a combination of a noun and a verb)
6.Personification
What is Personification?
Personification is a figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to an abstract quality, animal, or inanimate object.
Examples
Notice the use of personification in William Blake's poem below:
Two Sunflowers Move in the Yellow Room.
"Ah, William, we're weary of weather,"
said the sunflowers, shining with dew.
"Our traveling habits have tired us.
Can you give us a room with a view?"
They arranged themselves at the window
and counted the steps of the sun,
and they both took root in the carpet
where the topaz tortoises run.
William Blake
(1757-1827)
7.What is a simile?
A simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced with the word "like" or "as". It takes the form of:
X is (not) like Y
X is (not) as Y
X is (not) similar to Y
Examples of simile:
He fights like a lion.
He swims as fast as a fish.
He slithers like a snake.
"My dad was a mechanic by trade when he was in the Army, When he got the tools out, he was like a surgeon."
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