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Figures of Speech

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  • Is a statement that appears to hold contradictory ideas but may actually be true.
    Paradox
  • A tragic flaw and commonly found in Greek tragedies.
    Hamartia
  • Explicitly stating the plot's entirety.
    Foreshadowing
  • Something that represents the whole.
    Synecdoche
  • Compares two unlike things with a common quality and is done using words such as like or as.
    Simile
  • "My love is like a red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June.”
    Simile
  • It uses intentional exaggeration to achieve emphasis or produce a comic effect.
    Hyperbole
  • "I must be cruel to be kind."
    Paradox
  • Interior monologue
    Stream of Consciousness
  • Two contrasting ideas to be able to emphasize their differences, such as good and evil.
    Juxtaposition
  • “The White House issued a statement today.”
    Metonymy
  • Is a word or a combination of words with contradictory meanings.
    Oxymoron
  • It will keep the readers focused and interested as to what will happen next.
    Cliff-hanger
  • Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before...
    Alliteration
  • Refer to specific methods writers employ in their works to convey messages.
    Literary Techniques
  • An idea that is not referred to by its own name but by a different one.
    Metonymy
  • Provide false clues.
    Foreshadowing
  • It bring vividness and liveliness to the work, and they also emphasize the message that the writer wants to convey.
    Figures of Speech/Figurative Language
  • “I have a dream that one day… I have a dream that one day…”
    Anaphora
  • Portrayed as foolish and usually find themselves in mischief.
    Antihero
  • “The bees buzzed, and the brook gurgled.”
    Onomatopoeia
  • “purification” or “purgation”
    Catharsis
  • "All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”
    Metaphor
  • Name the categories of Figures of Speech.
    Figures of relationship, emphasis and sound
  • Is used to develop a character, resolve a conflict, or clarify various concepts.
    Juxtaposition
  • “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.”
    Synecdoche
  • Words or phrases that express meanings in a nonliteral way.
    Fifures of Speech/Figurative Language
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