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A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is a word or phrase that entails an intentional deviation from ordinary language use in order to do produce a rhetorical effect. Figures of speech are classified into schemes, which vary the ordinary sequence or pattern of words, and tropes, where words are made to carry a meaning other than what they ordinarily signify.
The figures of speech are classified into four categories:
ADDITION: (adiectio), also called repetition, expansion, superabundance
OMISSION (detractio), also called subtraction, abridgement
TRANSPOSITION (transmutatio), also called transferring
PERMUTATION (immutatio), also called switching, interchange, substitution, transmutation
ALLITERATION: A figure of speech in which there is repetition of an initial consonant sound. Example: “She sells seashells by the seashore.”
ANAPHORA: A figure of speech in which there is repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses. Example: “I was in the wrong place at the wrong time on the wrong day.”
ANTITHESIS: A figure of speech with the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. Example: "Folks who have no vices have very few virtues."
APOSTROPHE: A figure of speech in which the speaker directly addresses a nonexistent person or an inanimate object as though it were a living thing. Example: "Oh, you stupid television, you never work when I need you to"
ASSONANCE: A figure of speech in which there is a similarity in sounds between internal vowels in neighboring words. Example: “How now, brown cow?”
CHIASMUS: A figure of speech in which a verbal pattern is made with the second half of an expression balanced against the first but with the parts reversed. Example: “People should live to eat, not eat to live.”
EUPHEMISM: A figure of speech in which an inoffensive term is substituted for one considered offensively explicit. Example: "We're teaching our toddler how to go potty,"
HYPERBOLE: A figure of speech in which an extravagant statement is used for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect. Example: “I have a ton of things to do.”
IRONY: A figure of speech in which the use of words convey the opposite of their literal meaning. Also, a statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea. Example: "Oh, I love spending big bucks," said the penny pincher.
LITOTES: A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite. Example: “A million dollars is no small chunk of change.”
METAPHOR: A figure of speech in which an implied comparison between two dissimilar things have something in common. Example: "All the world's a stage."
METONYMY: A figure of speech in which a 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.
Example: "That suit with the briefcase is a poor excuse for a salesman.”
ONOMATOPOEIA: A figure of speech in which the use of words imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. Example: “The clap of thunder went bang and scared my poor dog.”
OXYMORON: A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side. Example: "He popped the jumbo shrimp in his mouth."
PARADOX: A figure of speech in which a statement appears to contradict itself. Example: "This is the beginning of the end," said Karen, always the pessimist expecting the worst.
PERSONIFICATION: A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities.
Example: “That kitchen knife will take a bite out of your hand.”
PUN: A figure of speech that is a play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words. Example: "A boiled egg every morning is hard to beat."
SIMILE: A figure of speech in which a stated comparison (usually formed with "like" or "as") between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common. Example: “She was white as a sheet after she walked out of the horror movie.”
SYNECDOCHE: A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole. Example: “My child is learning her ABC's in preschool.”
UNDERSTATEMENT: A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is. Example: "You could say Babe Ruth was a decent ballplayer.”
The figures of speech are classified into four categories:
ADDITION: (adiectio), also called repetition, expansion, superabundance
OMISSION (detractio), also called subtraction, abridgement
TRANSPOSITION (transmutatio), also called transferring
PERMUTATION (immutatio), also called switching, interchange, substitution, transmutation
ALLITERATION: A figure of speech in which there is repetition of an initial consonant sound. Example: “She sells seashells by the seashore.”
ANAPHORA: A figure of speech in which there is repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses. Example: “I was in the wrong place at the wrong time on the wrong day.”
ANTITHESIS: A figure of speech with the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. Example: "Folks who have no vices have very few virtues."
APOSTROPHE: A figure of speech in which the speaker directly addresses a nonexistent person or an inanimate object as though it were a living thing. Example: "Oh, you stupid television, you never work when I need you to"
ASSONANCE: A figure of speech in which there is a similarity in sounds between internal vowels in neighboring words. Example: “How now, brown cow?”
CHIASMUS: A figure of speech in which a verbal pattern is made with the second half of an expression balanced against the first but with the parts reversed. Example: “People should live to eat, not eat to live.”
EUPHEMISM: A figure of speech in which an inoffensive term is substituted for one considered offensively explicit. Example: "We're teaching our toddler how to go potty,"
HYPERBOLE: A figure of speech in which an extravagant statement is used for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect. Example: “I have a ton of things to do.”
IRONY: A figure of speech in which the use of words convey the opposite of their literal meaning. Also, a statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea. Example: "Oh, I love spending big bucks," said the penny pincher.
LITOTES: A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite. Example: “A million dollars is no small chunk of change.”
METAPHOR: A figure of speech in which an implied comparison between two dissimilar things have something in common. Example: "All the world's a stage."
METONYMY: A figure of speech in which a 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.
Example: "That suit with the briefcase is a poor excuse for a salesman.”
ONOMATOPOEIA: A figure of speech in which the use of words imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. Example: “The clap of thunder went bang and scared my poor dog.”
OXYMORON: A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side. Example: "He popped the jumbo shrimp in his mouth."
PARADOX: A figure of speech in which a statement appears to contradict itself. Example: "This is the beginning of the end," said Karen, always the pessimist expecting the worst.
PERSONIFICATION: A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities.
Example: “That kitchen knife will take a bite out of your hand.”
PUN: A figure of speech that is a play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words. Example: "A boiled egg every morning is hard to beat."
SIMILE: A figure of speech in which a stated comparison (usually formed with "like" or "as") between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common. Example: “She was white as a sheet after she walked out of the horror movie.”
SYNECDOCHE: A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole. Example: “My child is learning her ABC's in preschool.”
UNDERSTATEMENT: A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is. Example: "You could say Babe Ruth was a decent ballplayer.”
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