Figure of speech

 FIGURE OF SPEECH

Figure of speech is a figurative expression commonly used in both written and spoken literacy. Figures of speech are commonly used to beautify words in poetry, poetry and prose.

Figure of Speech type 

Alliteration 

Alliteration is a figure of speech which has a function to beautify a sentence. Alliteration is characterized by the repetition of the same or similar sound at the beginning of each word in a series. 

Example of alliteration: 

• She sells seashells 
• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
• Black bug bit a big black bear
• Sheep should sleep in a shed. 

Metaphor 

Metaphors are figures of speech which usually contain a figure of speech in which words or phrases applied to an object cannot be taken literally. Metaphor describes something as if it were something else as a parable, but still has the same meaning. 

Methapor example: 

• Time is money 
• Heart of stone 
• She's a night owl 
• Life is a rollercoaster 

Onomatopoeia 

The figure of speech above is a figure of speech that phonetically imitates, resembles, or voices the sound it describes. You can usually find this onomatopoeia in comic books when the creator tries to describe a sound from an object. 

For example, when you see a picture in a comic that shows a shooting scene, you will understand that at that time a shooting scene was taking place when reading the onomatopoeia “DOR!”. 

Examples of onomatopoeia: 

• Click 
• Buzz 
• Splat 
• Whoosh 

Personification 

Personification is a figure of speech that seems to give life to inanimate objects. You do this by describing these objects as doing something like humans. This figure of speech gives a picture as if the inanimate object is alive and does activities that are usually done by living things such as dancing, nodding, roaring and so on. 

Example of personification: 

• the grass danced
•  the wind howled 
• the thunder grumbled 
• the fog crept in

Simile 

Simile is a figure of speech that is commonly used to compare something. Simile usually describes a person or thing as something similar to someone or something else. Similes are characterized by using words such as, like, similar to, as, or as…. US. 

Example of simile: 

• Eats like a pig
• As wise as an owl 
• As blind as a bat

Hyperbole 

Hyperbole is a figure of speech that intentionally uses exaggerated words or sentences. Hyperbole is commonly used in poetry and speech to emphasize, evoke feelings and create strong impressions. Because hyperbole uses an exaggerated word, its meaning cannot be taken literally. 

Hyperbole example: 

• I could do this forever. 
• that must have cost a billion ddolla.
• everybody knows that. 

Anaphora 

Anaphora is a figure of speech that has the characteristic of repeating a sequence of words at the beginning of an adjacent clause, thus giving an emphasis to the sentence. Anaphora is commonly used in writing rhymes, poetry or speech to make it sound more rhyming. 

Anaphora examples: I came, I saw, I conquered. 

Assonance 

Assonance is a figure of speech which has a characteristic in which the repetition of a similar vowel sound occurs in two or more words adjacent to each other in a line of poetry or prose. Assonance most often refers to the repetition of an internal vowel sound in words that don't end the same. 

For example, "he fells asleep under the cherry tree". The phrase has an assonance that emphasizes the repetition of the long vowel "e", even though the vowel in the word does not end in perfect rhyme. 

Example of assonance: 

• motion of the ocean 
• chips and dip 
• dumb luck 

Synecdoche 

Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which words or phrases that refer to part of something are replaced to replace the whole of that something, or vice versa.

Synecdoche example: 

• New wheels
•  The white house
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