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
Name | Explanation | Example |
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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
Name | Explanation | Example |
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aphaersis | omission of letters to the beginning of a word | |
syncope | omission of letters to the middle of a word | |
apocope | omission of letters to the end of a word |
The switching of letters and sounds
Name | Explanation | Example |
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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 structure of sentences
Words (seem to) get lost
Name | Explanation | Example | |
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Headline | |||
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Repetions of words
Name | Explanation | Example | |
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Headline | |||
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Figures of unusual word order
Name | Explanation | Example | |
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Headline | |||
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Peculiar thoughts
Name | Explanation | Example | |
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Headline | |||
Headline |
anthimeria