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Figures of Speech - Coggle Diagram
Figures of Speech
Repitition
Epistrophe
Repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect
Eg: of the people, by the people, for the people
Anaphora
Repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect
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Polyptoton
The rhetorical repetition of a word in a different case, inflection, or voice in the same sentence
Eg: my own heart's heart, and ownest own, farewell
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References
Metonym
The name of an object or concept is replaced with a word closely related to or suggested by the original
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Synechdoche
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Eg: wheels for a car, ink for a pen
Similie
Rhetorical device used to compare two things (typically using the words “like,” “as,” or “than”
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Metaphor
Implicitly compares two unrelated things, typically by stating that one thing is another
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Inversions
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Rhetorical questions
A question that is asked for effect, rather than from a desire to know the answer
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Paradox
Self-contradictory statement, the underlying meaning of which is revealed only by careful scrutiny
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Omission/Inclusion
Asyndeton
a literary device that excludes conjunctions (and, or, but, for, nor, so, yet) to add emphasis
Eg: I came, I saw, I conquered
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Polysyndeton
the use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted
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Word order
Parnethesis
Parenthesis is a qualifying or explanatory sentence, clause, or word that writers insert into a paragraph or passage
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anastrophe
A figure of speech in which the normal word order of the subject, the verb, and the object is changed
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Balance
Antithesis
A figure of speech in which irreconcilable opposites or strongly contrasting ideas are placed in sharp juxtaposition and sustained tension
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Parallelism
a literary device in which parts of the sentence are grammatically the same, or are similar in construction
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Substitutions
Anthimeria
Using one part of speech as another, such as using a noun as a verb
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