Figures of Speech
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Contents
Tropes: not to be taken literally
Name | Explanation | Example | |
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metaphor | |||
metonymy | |||
synekdoche | |||
metalepsis | |||
irony | |||
paradox | |||
oxymoron | |||
litotes | |||
hyperbole |
Metaplastic figures: playing with spelling and sound
The addition of letters and sounds
prosthesis addition of letters to the beginning of a word epenthesis addition of letters to the middle of a word paragoge addition of letters to the end of a word
The omission of letters and sounds
aphaersis omission of letters from the beginning of a word syncope omission of letters from the middle of a word apocope omission of letters from the end of a word
The switching of letters and sounds
antisthecon substitution of a letter or sound for another within a word metathesis transposition of a letter out of its normal order in a word
Combinations of these factors
synaeresis
Playing with the word order
Name | Explanation | Example | |
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Headline | |||
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Omissions of words
Name | Explanation | Example | |
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Headline | |||
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Repetions of words
Name | Explanation | Example | |
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Figures of unusual word order
Name | Explanation | Example | |
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Peculiar thoughts
Name | Explanation | Example | |
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