Figures of Speech- Part 2
- 5. UNDERSTATEMENT The opposite of hyperbole. It is a kind of irony that deliberately represents something as being less than it really is. Example: Macbeth, having been nearly hysterical after killing Duncan, tells Lenox, Twas was a rough night
- 10. England won the first test match against Australia. The whole(England/Australia) represents the part( the English/ Australian cricket team) OOPS! there is no SYNECDOCHE here!
- 12. In this figure, an epithet (a word or phrase that describes a person or thing) is transferred from its proper word to another that is closely associated with it in the sentence. Eg: dreamless sleep
- 15. Man, Steve is a real Hercules!! Look at him lift those weights! This quote is an allusion to the famous story of the Greek Hero Hercules, a man with great strength.
- 16. EUPHEMISM Substituting an agreeable or inoffensive expression to replace one that might offend or suggest something unpleasant
- 19. Pun
- 20. Some More
- 25. Every night from dusk to dawn He croaked awn and awn and awn
- 29. The repetition of one or more phrases or lines at the end or more phrases or lines at the end of a stanza It can also be an entire stanza that is repeated periodically throughout a poem, kind of like a chorus of a song. REFRAIN
- 30. Part II Ends Source: Google/Internet Images