Difference between revisions of "Figurative Speech"

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any expression which implies a transference of meaning

Simile: explicit/overt comparison, ‘as’, ‘like’.

Metaphor: no ‘as’ or ‘like’; implicit/covert comparison, Achilles is a lion in battle (lion= vehicle; Achilles = tenor)

Metonymy: replaces one expression by another, which has a spatial, temporal, or logical connection with it.

Synecdoche: a part stands for the whole, or vice versa.

Allegory: a set of analogies.

Symbol:

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-==Tropes (Tropen==
+==Tropes (Tropen)==
 any expression which implies a transference of meaning
-*Simile: explicit comparison, ‘as’, ‘like’.
-*Metaphor: no ‘as’ or ‘like’; Achilles is a lion in battle (lion= vehicle; Achilles = tenor)
+'''Simile''': explicit/overt comparison, ‘as’, ‘like’.
-*Metonymy: replaces one expression by another, which has a spatial, temporal, or logical connection with it.
-*Synecdoche: a part stands for the whole, or vice versa.
+'''Metaphor''': no ‘as’ or ‘like’; implicit/covert comparison, Achilles is a lion in battle (lion= vehicle; Achilles = tenor)
-*Allegory: a set of analogies.
+*The Concretive Metaphor
-*Symbol:
+*The Animistc Metaphor
+*The Humanizing ('Antropomorphic') Metaphor
+*The Synaesthetic Metaphor
+*Extended Metaphor
+*Compound Metaphor
+*Mixed Metaphor
+'''Metonymy''': replaces one expression by another, which has a spatial, temporal, or logical connection with it.
+'''Synecdoche''': a part stands for the whole, or vice versa.
+'''Allegory''': a set of analogies.
+'''Symbol''':
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