Figures of Speech and Syntactic Construction Resources
Posted on Oct 5, 2024 in Language
Figures of Thought
- Paradox: Seemingly contradictory concepts that reveal a profound truth.
- Oxymoron: Two contradictory terms used to highlight a message.
- Antithesis: Contrasts two opposing ideas.
- Simile: Compares two objects or events to expand meaning.
- Apostrophe: Addresses a person, thing, or abstraction with emotion.
- Euphemism: Substitutes a harsh word with a softer one.
- Personification: Gives human qualities to inanimate objects.
- Hyperbole: Exaggerates an assessment.
- Rhetorical Question: A question asked for emphasis, not an answer.
- Interjection: Expresses strong emotion.
- Irony: Expresses the opposite of what is said.
- Imprecation: A strong desire for someone’s misfortune.
- Epithet: An adjective highlighting a noun’s quality.
Syntactic Construction Resources
- Ellipsis: Omitting words for emphasis.
- Anadiplosis: Repeating a word at the end of one phrase and the beginning of the next.
- Parallelism: Repeating a sentence or word with variations.
- Enjambment: Separating parts of a phrase in poetry.
- Anaphora: Repeating words at the beginning of phrases.
- Epiphora: Repeating words at the end of phrases.
- Enumeration: Presenting ideas in a logical sequence.
- Asyndeton: Eliminating conjunctions for a faster pace.
- Polysyndeton: Using more conjunctions than necessary for a prolonged effect.
- Gradation: Listing items in order of importance.
- Epanadiplosis: Repeating a word at the beginning and end of a phrase.
- Hyperbaton: Changing word order for emphasis.
Phonetic Resources (Figures of Speech)
- Onomatopoeia: Imitating real sounds.
- Metathesis: Changing the position of sounds within a word.
- Prosthesis: Adding a sound to the beginning of a word.
- Paronomasia: Using words that sound alike.
- Alliteration: Repeating a letter or syllable.
Tropes
- Allegory: An extended metaphor.
- Metaphor: Designating an object with another name based on association.
- Metonymy: Referring to something by a related name.
- Synecdoche: Referring to a part as a whole.
