Figure Of Speech

 

Understanding 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.

However, not only those three, figures of speech are also often used on greeting cards, slogans, mottos and others.

In other words, figure of speech is a figure of speech in English. The function of the figure of speech itself is to replace several sentences to make them more beautiful and interesting.

In figure of speech and figure of speech, sentences that are written sometimes do not contain a literal meaning but are only as expressions.

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 (she sells sea shells)

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers (Peter Piper picked a few acad peppers)

Black bug bit a big black bear. (black insect bites a big black bear)

Sheep should sleep in a shed. (sheep must sleep in the pen)

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 (a heart made of stone)

She's a night owl (she's a night owl)

Life is a rollercoaster (life is like 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.

Simile is characterized by using words such as, like, similar to, as, or as…. US.

Example of simile:

Eats like a pig (eat like a pig)

As wise as an owl (as wise as an owl)

As blind as a bat (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. (I can do this forever)

that must have cost a billion dollars

everybody knows that. (everyone 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. - Julius Caesar (I come, I see, I conquer)

Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition! - King John II, William Shakespeare (crazy world! Crazy king! Crazy mix!)

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 doesn't end in perfect rhyme.

Example of assonance:

motion of the ocean

chips and dip (chips and sauce)

dumb luck (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 refers to a new car

the white house (the white house) refers to the government of the United States.

Metonymy

Metonymy is a figure of speech in which something is called a new name which is related to its meaning or the original concept.

The meaning of this figure of speech is a language style that uses a word to express something else because it has very close kinship.

For example, it is common for people to refer to celebrity life and culture in the United States as "Hollywood", as in "Hollywood is obsessed with this new diet" (Hollywood is obsessed with this new diet).

The meaning of "Hollywood" is of course not because the place itself has an obsession, but rather refers to the celebrities who want to live there.

Examples of metonymy:

the crown (crown) refers to a nobleman

the new york time. Usually the name of a company or organization like this is commonly used to represent the people who work there.