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Figure of Speech

The document defines and provides examples of 20 different figures of speech: alliteration, anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, euphemism, hyperbole, irony, litotes, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, paradox, personification, pun, simile, synecdoche, and understatement. Each figure of speech is briefly defined and an example is given to illustrate its use.

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Figure of Speech

The document defines and provides examples of 20 different figures of speech: alliteration, anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, euphemism, hyperbole, irony, litotes, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, paradox, personification, pun, simile, synecdoche, and understatement. Each figure of speech is briefly defined and an example is given to illustrate its use.

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Figure of speech- a word or phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect.

1. Alliteration: The repetition of an initial consonant sound.


2. Anaphora: The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of
successive clauses or verses.
3. Antithesis: The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases.
4. Apostrophe: Directly addressing a nonexistent person or an inanimate object as
though it were a living being.
5. Assonance: Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in
neighboring words.
6. Chiasmus: A verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced
against the first but with the parts reversed.
7. Euphemism: The substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered
offensively explicit.
8. Hyperbole: An extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the
purpose of emphasis or heightened effect.
9. Irony: The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.
10. Litotes: A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an
affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite.
11. Metaphor: An implied comparison between two dissimilar things that have
something in common.
12. 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.
13. Onomatopoeia: The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the
objects or actions they refer to.
14. Oxymoron: A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms
appear side by side.
15. Paradox: A statement that appears to contradict itself.
16. Personification: A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is
endowed with human qualities or abilities.
17. Pun: A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and
sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
18. Simile: A stated comparison (usually formed with "like" or "as") between two
fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common.
19. Synecdoche: A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole.
20. Understatement: A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately
makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is.
Examples of Alliteration: She sells seashells by the seashore.

Examples of Anaphora: Unfortunately, I was in the wrong place at the wrong time on the
wrong day.

Examples of Antithesis: As Abraham Lincoln said, "Folks who have no vices have very
few virtues.

Examples of Apostrophe: As Abraham Lincoln said, "Folks who have no vices have very
few virtues.

Examples of Assonance: How now, brown cow?

Examples of Chiasmus: The famous chef said people should live to eat, not eat to live.

Examples of Euphemism: "We're teaching our toddler how to go potty," Bob said.

Examples of Hyperbole: I have a ton of things to do when I get home.

Example of Irony: Our “luxury” hotel turned out to be a farm building.

Example of Litotes: A cup of coffee would not be unwelcome.

Example of Metaphor: "All the world's a stage."

Example of Metonymy: "That stuffed suit with the briefcase is a poor excuse for a salesman," the
manager said angrily.

Example of Onomatopoeia: The clap of thunder went bang and scared my poor dog.

Example of Oxymoron: "He popped the jumbo shrimp in his mouth."

Example of Paradox: "This is the beginning of the end," said Eeyore, always the pessimist.
Example of Personification: That kitchen knife will take a bite out of your hand if you don't handle it
safely.

Example of Pun: Jessie looked up from her breakfast and said, "A boiled egg every morning is hard to
beat."

Example of Simile: Roberto was white as a sheet after he walked out of the horror movie.

Example of Synecdoche: Tina is learning her ABC's in preschool.


Example of Understatement: "You could say Babe Ruth was a decent ballplayer," the reporter said
with a wink.

Simple and Compound Sentence

A simple sentence is the most basic sentence that we have in English. It has just
one independent clause, which means only one subject and one predicate. A simple
sentence is also the shortest possible sentence; it can have as little as two words!
Overall, a simple sentence is exactly what it sounds like—simple!

Example: Some students like to study in the mornings.


A compound sentence is a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined
by a comma, semicolon or conjunction. An independent clause is a clause that has a
subject and verb and forms a complete thought.

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