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2007-09-16 10:53:03 · 5 answers · asked by dj34325 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Alliteration-repetitive letter or sound
The babbling brook bubbled by the baboon.
onomatopoeia-The formation or use of words (such as hiss or murmur) that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
paradox-A statement that appears to contradict itself.
It was cold as hell.
Oxymoron- jumbo shrimp, long shorts, loud silence
2007-09-16 11:12:07 · answer #1 · answered by answerseeker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Figures of Speech:
Alliteration: Use of two or more words with the same initial letters eg. I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds and bowers (Robert Herrick, Argument of his Book)
Antithesis: Placing together of sharply contrasting ideas. eg. They died that we might live.
Aphorism: Terse, witty, pointed statement on a general principle. Anybody who hates children and dogs can't be all bad. (W.C. Fields)
Bathos:Sudden descent into the ridiculous, often for comic effect.
Climax: Series of statements in rising order of intensity. eg. I came. I saw. I conquered. (Julius Ceasar)
Euphemism: Polite or inoffensive way of saying something unpleasant.
Hyperbole: Exaggerated statement used for emphasis. eg. A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse! (Shapespeare. Richard III)
Innuendo: Inderect or subtle implication, usually unpleasant.
Irony: Saying one thing but meaning the opposite. eg. For Brutus is an honourable man (Shakespeare Julius Ceasar)
Litotes: An Ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its opposite.
Metaphor: Figure of speach in which something or someone, is said to be that which it ony resembles. eg. When it comes to fighting, he is a tiger!
Oxymoron: Figure of speech in which opposites are combined for effect. eg. Faith Unfaithful kept him falsely true (Tennyson)
Simile: Figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, usually with the word "like" or "as".
Zeugma: Using the same word, in different senses, to govern two or more other words. eg. He took his leave and my umbrella.
2007-09-16 18:46:36 · answer #2 · answered by xana_lll 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Figures of speech are ways of making what you're saying more dramatic, like thirsty-"dying for a drink"; hungry-"I'm starving"; headache- "my head's splitting" Sore feet _"my feet are killing me!" Hope these help.
2007-09-16 18:11:59 · answer #3 · answered by SKCave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simile--She was as happy as a clam.
Antithesis--Man proposes; God disposes.
Pun--The eyes have it!
2007-09-16 18:04:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/partsp.html
That should help!
2007-09-16 18:05:21 · answer #5 · answered by Kari Grace 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋