Manalili‚ Maper Anne T. III-14 AB/BSE Literature FIGURE OF SPEECH A figure of speech is a mode of expression in which words are used out of their literal meaning or out of their ordinary use in order to add beauty or emotional intensity or to transfer the poet ’s sense. FIGURES OF SPEECH | EXAMPLE (in Filipino Language/Context) | 1. SIMILE - an explicit comparison that is made between two essentially unlike things‚ usually using ‘like’‚ ‘as’ or ‘than’. | Mala-porselana ang kutis
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Types of Figure of speech 1. Simile Is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things‚ often introduced with the word "like" or "as". 2. Metaphor Is a figure of speech concisely comparing two things‚ saying that one is the other. 3. Personification Is an ontological metaphor in which a thing or abstraction is represented as a person. A description of an inanimate object as being a living person or animal as in. An outstanding example of a quality or idea. 4. Trope
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------------------------------------------------- Figure of speech From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia "Figures of speech" redirects here. For the hip hop group‚ see Figures of Speech. A figure of speech is the use of a word or words diverging from its usual meaning. It can also be a special repetition‚ arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning‚ or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it‚ as in idiom‚ metaphor‚ simile‚ hyperbole‚ or personification. Figures of speech often provide
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Figures of Speech 1. Alliteration - The repetition of an initial consonant sound. 2. Allusion - Figure of speech that makes a reference to or representation of‚ a place‚ event‚ literary work‚ myth‚ or work of art‚ either directly or by implication. 3. Antithesis - The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. 4. Apostrophe - Breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing‚ some abstract quality‚ an inanimate object‚ or a nonexistent character.
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Simile My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red‚ than her lips red: If snow be white‚ why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires‚ black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damasked‚ red and white‚ But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak‚ yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound: I grant I never saw a goddess go‚ My mistress
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FIGURES OF SPEECH .Anaphora The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses. (Contrast with epiphora and epistrophe.) "I needed a drink‚ I needed a lot of life insurance‚ I needed a vacation‚ I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat‚ a hat and a gun." (Raymond Chandler‚ Farewell‚ My Lovely‚ 1940) .Antithesis The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. "We notice things that don’t work. We don’t notice things that do
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Name ـــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ Dateــــــــــــــــــــــــــ Activity 1: Simile and Metaphor Decide whether the sentence contains a simile or a metaphor‚ and identify the two things being compared. Then change the simile into metaphor and vice versa: 1. The lake was a huge mirror in the moonlight. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. The dancer moved around the
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hear about a student bringing in a loaded gun to school. In the case of the two students arrested on gun charges is a different story. It was the beginning of the school year‚ so there shouldn’t have been any quarrels. However‚ in Clearwater‚ Florida local high schools have been receiving bomb threats and fights have been breaking out at different schools in Pinellas County‚ Florida but that didn’t stop Christopher Bloom and Christopher Brown from bringing a gun to school. In our days it’s becoming
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Figure of Speech Examples A figure of speech is a word or phrase that has a meaning something different than its literal meaning. It can be ametaphor or simile that is designed to further explain a concept. Or‚ it can be a different way of pronouncing a word or phrase such as with alliteration to give further meaning or a different sound. Examples of Figures of Speech Using Alliteration Alliteration is the repetition of beginning sounds. Examples are: Sally sells seashells. Walter wondered where
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diverse range of feelings‚ emotions‚ and even actions. The ultimate symbol in the novel is the Mississippi River. Rivers often times symbolize "life itself‚ they are the flux of the world in manifestation‚ the macrocosm’ (Cooper‚ 139)" (Protas‚ Allison). "River symbolism is based around water in movement" (Fraim‚ John). "On the river Huck and Jim witness life and death‚ tragedy and comedy‚ strife and peace" (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn). In this case‚ the river ha... ... middle of paper
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