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Figures of Speech - sadsads
Filipinolohiya (GEED 20302)
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Figures of Speech
Adnomination (DOCS) Allegory (DOCS) Alliteration (DOCS) Alliteration (TI) Alliteration (WCL) Allusion (DOCS) Allusion (WCL) Analogy (TI) Anaphora (DOCS) Anaphora (WCL) Anastrophe (TI) Antanaclasis (DOCS) Antanaclasis (WCL) Anticlimax (WCL) Antiphrasis (WCL) Antithesis (DOCS) Antithesis (TI) Antithesis (WCL) Apostrophe (DOCS) Apostrophe (WCL) Assonance (DOCS) Assonance (TI) Assonance (WCL) Cataphora (DOCS) Cataphora (WCL) Charactonym (DOCS) Chiasmus (WCL) Circumlocution (or Periphrasis) (TI) Cliché (TI) Climax (DOCS) Climax (TI) Climax (WCL) Consonance (TI) Dialect (TI) Dysphemism (WCL) Ellipsis (DOCS) Ellipsis (WCL) Epigram (DOCS) Epigram (TI) Euphemism (DOCS) Euphemism (TI) Euphemism (WCL) Exclamation (TI) Hyperbole (DOCS) Hyperbole (TI) Hyperbole (WCL) Hypophora (DOCS) Interrogation (TI)
Irony – (Sarcasm) (TI) Irony (DOCS) Irony (WCL) Litotes (TI) Litotes (WCL) Logosglyph (TI) Malapropism (DOCS) Merism (DOCS) Merism (WCL) Metalepsis (DOCS) Metalepsis (WCL) Metaphor (DOCS) Metaphor (WCL) Metaphor (TI) Metonymy (DOCS) Metonymy (TI) Metonymy (WCL) Onomatopoeia (DOCS) Onomatopoeia (TI) Onomatopoeia (WCL) Oxymoron (DOCS) Oxymoron (TI) Oxymoron (WCL) Paradox (DOCS) Paradox (TI) Paradox (WCL) Parallelism (DOCS) Paraprosdokian (DOCS) Parenthesis (TI) Parenthesis (DOCS) Personification (DOCS) Personification (TI) Personification (WCL) Polyptoton (DOCS) Pun (DOCS) Pun (TI) Pun (WCL) Repetition (TI) Rhetorical question (DOCS) Rhetorical Questions (TI) Rhyme (TI) Simile (DOCS) Simile (TI) Simile (WCL) Synecdoche (DOCS) Synecdoche (TI) Synecdoche (WCL) Tautology (DOCS) Tautology (TI) Tautology (WCL)
ANTICLIMAX
Refers to a figure of speech in which statements gradually descend in order of importance.
ANTIPHRASIS A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used to mean the opposite of its normal meaning to create ironic humorous effect. Example: 1) She’s so beautiful. She has an attractive long nose.
ANTITHESIS The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases This is the exact opposite of something or when two things contrast greatly Emphasizing contrast between two things or fictional characters Examples: 1) “Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.” (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) 2) “One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” (Neil Armstrong, 1969) 3) “Many are called, but few are chosen.” (Matthew 22:14) 4) “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” (Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens)
Figures of Speech - sadsads
Course: Filipinolohiya (GEED 20302)
University: Technological University of the Philippines
