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An onomatopoeia is a word that phonetically imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. Onomatopoeia (as an uncountable noun) refers to the property of such words. Common occurrences of onomatopoeias include animal noises such as "oink", "meow", "roar" or "chirp". Alliteration is the repetition of a particular sound in the prominent lifts (or stressed syllables) of a series of words or phrases. Alliteration has developed largely through poetry, in which it more narrowly refers to the repetition of a consonant in any syllables that, according to the poem's meter, are stressed. Assonanceis the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences, and together with alliteration andconsonance serves as one of the building block of verse. For ex…

Deference between asyndetond and polysendeton When conjunctions (but, for, so, or, and) are done away with after every successive clause or phrase for effect, then it’s called asyndeton. It is the opposite of polysyndeton.The word asyndeton comes from Greek asyndetos meaning “not bound together”. When conjunctions (and, or, but, so, yet, for) are used in close succession even when they are not required, then it’s called polysyndeton. It is usually used for emphasis and rhythm. The word polysyndeton comes from Greek polysyndetos meaning “bound together”. Compare CLIMAX (GRADATION) - This figure of inequality consists in arranging the utterance so that each subsequent component of it increases significance, importance or emotional tension of narration. ANTICLIMAX - It consists in arranging…

A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point.The question is used as a rhetorical device, posed for the sake of encouraging its listener to consider a message or viewpoint. Examples:1. Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?2. If practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, then why practice?3. How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man? Ellipsis is a series of dots that usually indicate an intentional omission of a word, sentence or whole section from the original text being quoted, and though necessary for syntactical construction, is not necessary for comprehension. “If a final portion of a sentence is elided, follow the ellipsis with a period . . . . The same…

Hyperbole is deliberate exaggeration for emotional effect. The addressee is not expected to have a literal understanding of the expression. The opposite of huperbole, understatement is used to make something appear smaller or less important than it really is. It can be used to entertain or to reduce the importance of the truth. Ex.: Wait a second! A periphrase is to speak in a roundabout way instead of a well-known or generally used name of an object, several words or even phrases are used to say it, for example Japan - the country of the rising sun, Michael Jackson - the King of Pop, Margaret Thatcher - the Iron Lady. I suggest you listen to the conversations of others when trying to give descriptive explanations, you will be surprised how often people use periphrasis. The King of Pop An…

The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. Zeugma- rhetorical term for the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words although its use may be grammatically or logically correct with only one. Adjective: zeugmatic. Irony- thus is a stylistic device in which the contextual evaluative meaning of a word is directly opposite to its dictionary meaning. A malapropism (also called a Dogberryism) is the production of an incorrect word in place of a word with a similar sound, resulting in a nonsensical, often humorous utterance. An example is Yogi Berra's statement: "Texas has a lot of electrical votes, rather than "electo…

We have studied four figures of speech and noticed that, according to the classification of Galperin, this figures relate to one and the same group: Lexical SDs and Ems, and Kukharenko's: Paradigmatic semasiology units. Please, fulfill this task! Let's take a look at how metaphor, simile, metonymy, and personification show up in the following poem. But If you have forgotten how to distinguish a particular figure of speech from the others, you can find definition of each with examples below. (The poem is from http://www.piclits.com/lessonplans/metaphor_simile_personification.aspx) The Writer In her room at the prow of the houseWhere light breaks and the windows are tossed with linden,My daughter is writing a story. I pause in the stairwell, hearingFrom her shut door a commotion of typewrit…

Simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things, usually by employing the words "like" or "as" – also, but less commonly, "if", or "than".

Metaphor -  is a figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is, on some point of comparison, the same as another otherwise unrelated object.

I want to show you how you can find a metaphor or a simile using this chart.

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