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When there is a comparison
made between two different things which share something in common.
E. G “The world is your oyster”
Metaphor
is a play on words, it uses a word
to give a different sense to the sentence and add a double meaning.
E.g. An egg for breakfast is not easy to beat.
Pun
is a statement which
contradicts itself.
E.g. Deep down Anna is really shallow.
Paradox
a word which resembles the sound it is describing.
E.g.My watch ticks loudly.
Onomatopoeia
is a statement which is made to be less important than what
is actually being conveyed.
E.g. I only have two million dollars.
Understatement
is a phrase which compares
something to something else using the words like or as.
E.g. Her hair was as golden as the sun.
Simile
is a statement in which
only part of something is expressed to relate to the whole.
E. G He had just got some new wheels
Synecdoche
is when a phrase is replaced
with another which has a similar meaning, used to describe something in an indirect manner.
E.g. I remain loyal to the crown.
Metonymy
is when an object which is not alive is given human qualities.
E.g. My car is a real beauty.
Personification
is when two words in phrase contradict one another.
E.g.The girl next door is pretty ugly.
Oxymoron
is an understatement which
applies a negative to express the
meaning of the affirmative.
E.g. That dress is not too bad
Litotes
is a term which uses an exaggeration to add a more dramatic meaning to the sentence.
E.g. My bag weighs a tonne.
Hyperbole
is when two sentences are
balanced against one another but with the words reversed.
E.g. Work to live and do not live to work.
Chiasmus
is a statement which conveys the
exact opposite meaning of what is literally being said.
E.g.
The fire station burnt to the ground
Irony
is the replacement of a phrase
which might be deemed offensive by one which implies the same meaning but does
not carry offence with it.
E.g. Instead of 'he died' you would say 'he passed away.'
Euphemism
is the similarity in sound between vowels in the middle of neighbouring words.
E.g. How now, brown cow.
Assonance
is speaking to an object or item that is not alive as if it were in fact, alive.
E.g. Come on trousers, you have to fit me.
Apostrophe
is applying a juxtaposition of ideas which are contrasting in a statement that is balanced.
E. G Man proposes and God deposes
Antithesis
is when there is a repetition of sound within a phrase or sentence.
E.g. She sells seashells on the seashore.
Alliteration
is when a word is repeated multiple times within a phrase.
E.g. He had one apple, one banana and one pear.
Anaphora
are figures of speech that move the meaning of the text from literal to figurative.
example :
“Chicago's worker bees buzz around the streets. “ or
“The tide swallowed the people”
Trope
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