What are Figures of Speech?
Figures of Speech are the words that are created to add creativity and a dramatic effect.
12 Figures of Speech
SIMILE
A Simile is a type of metaphor that is used to compare two different things with the help of words such as ‘like’ or ‘as’. The purpose of using a Simile is to describe one thing to another with the help of comparison.
METAPHOR
Metaphors are a form of figurative language which relates to words or expressions having a different meaning than their actual definition.
ONOMATOPOEIA
Onomatopoeia is a word that is formed through a sound. It is an attempt to capture the sound of something.
HYPERBOLE
The function of Hyperbole is to make extreme exaggeration to make a point and simultaneously, to emphasize something.
PERSONIFICATION
Personification speaks about inanimate objects as well as abstract notions as if they have life and intelligence.
APOSTROPHE
This figure of speech is a special kind of Personification as ‘Apostrophe‘ directly addresses to the dead, something that is absent and also to a personified object or an idea.
EUPHEMISM
Euphemism is where you tell something that is disagreeable in an agreeable way. On the other hand, some Euphemisms also amuse.
ANTITHESIS
Antithesis consists of words that involve contradictory thoughts, ideas, and sentences that have a balanced structure of grammar.
OXYMORON
Oxymoron can be called a special type of Antithesis wherein there are two contradictory ideas that are predicted in a single statement at the same time.
EPIGRAM
Epigrams are certain words that bring out antithetical ideas in the minds of the readers. With this, Epigrams grabs the attention of the reader and it surprises with those ideas.
IRONY
The irony is a mode of speech wherein the actual meaning is totally opposite of the meaning that is conveyed.
SYNECDOCHE
In the case of Sunechdoches, a part of the sentence is given to the whole sentence or vice versa. Eg: “Give us this day our daily bread.” Here, we are talking of food.
