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FIGURES OF SPEECH - Coggle Diagram
FIGURES OF SPEECH
ALLITERATION
- "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
- "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes..."
- "The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew..."
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SYNECDOCHE
- "All hands on deck!" (sailors)
- "The White House issued a statement." (the US president)
- "He has many mouths to feed." (people)
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METONYMY
- “The pen is mightier than the sword.” (writing, military force)
- “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.”
- "The crown will find an heir." (monarchy)
- "Hollywood is obsessed with remakes." (the American film industry)
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PARADOX
- “I must be cruel to be kind.”
- "The child is father of the man."
- "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."
- "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
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OXYMORON
- “Parting is such sweet sorrow.”
- "Deafening silence"
- “The Sounds of Silence.”
- "All your perfect imperfections"
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ANAPHORA
- "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills..."
- "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed..."
- "Every breath you take, every move you make, every bond you break, every step you take, I'll be watching you."
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ANTITHESIS
- "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
- "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven."
- "To be or not to be"
- "In my beginning is my end."
- "In brightest day, in blackest night"
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APOSTROPHE
- O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?"
- "Reader, I married him."
- Amen. So be it. Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.
- O Solitude! Where are the charms that sages have seen in thy face?
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HYPERBOLE
- "I’ve told you a million times!"
- "My heart breaks into a thousand pieces."
- "I’m so hungry I could eat a horse."
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POLYSYNDETON
- "We have ships and men and money and stores..."
- "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers..."
- “If there be cords, or knives, Poison, or fire, or suffocating streams, I'll not endure it.”