Other Figures of Speech

 Onomatopoeia

- Known as sound word

-  It employs the use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to

Ex. The splashing of the water indicated that there were fish in the pond.

Apostrophe

- Directly addressing an absent/imaginary person or a personified abstraction, as living entity

Ex. Oh, my God!

Metonymy

- Replaces one word or phrase for another, usually as a symbol with which it is closely associated

Ex. Let the white doves fly. (Let there be peace.) Symbol: white dove meaning: peace

Oxymoron

- Uses contradictory terms which are combined to make meaning

Ex. He was indeed a mournful optimist.

Paradox

- Contradicts itself in the same sentence

Ex. War is peace. Ignorance is strength. Freedom is slavery. – from Georgie Orwell’s (1984)

Synecdoche

- Present when a particular idea is expressed through the following

Ex. He asked her hand for marriage. (hand for bride)

Understatement

- An expression wherein the thing described is made to appear unimportant

Ex. We are not rich. We only have a resort in Zambales and a vacation house in Baguio.

 

Antithesis

- Contradiction that pits two ideas against each other in a balance way

Ex. Neil Armstrong said when he stepped on the moon, “This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for a mankind.”