Capes Angl: Figures Of Speech In Literature - Mathske

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She sells seashells by the seashore.

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Alliteration

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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words.

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Alliteration

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Story in which characters/images/events function as symbols - they can be interpreted to have deeper significance - may illustrate moral truths/political/historical situation.

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Allegory

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Allegory

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Story in which characters/images/events function as symbols - they can be interpreted to have deeper significance - may illustrate moral truths/political/historical situation.

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words.

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity.

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Repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity.

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Assonance

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Repetition of consonant sounds.

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Consonance

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Consonance

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Repetition of consonant sounds.

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Unlike alliteration, they can occur at any place in the word.

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Assonance or consonance

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The Hunger Games (the books/movie) refers to our obsession with reality television and how it numbs us to reality. Which figure of speech best describes this process?

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Allegory

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You should bring wine or beer and dessert.

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Ambiguity (wine/beer + dessert or wine / beer & dessert?)

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Word, phrase or statement which contains more than one meaning.

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Ambiguity

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Ambiguity

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Word, phrase or statement which contains more than one meaning.

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I rode a black horse in red pajamas.

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Ambiguity

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And [...], And [...], And [...]

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Anaphora

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Remember [...], Remember [...], Remember [...]

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Anaphora

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Each of us saw her duck.

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Ambiguity

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A good life depends on a liver.

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Ambiguity

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Kissing cousins.

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Alliteration

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Quick question.

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Alliteration

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Weight watchers

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Alliteration

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Coca Cola.

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Alliteration

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Shaun the sheep.

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Alliteration

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You're damned is you and you're damned if you don't.

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Anaphora

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Give me liberty or give me death.

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Anaphora.

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Turn, turn, turn.

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Anaphora

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Rhetorical device that features repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences, phrases or clauses.

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Anaphora

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Last night, Joe's father passed away.

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Euphemism (he died)

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Our company has decided to let you go.

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Euphemism (you're fired)

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Figure of speech used to replace a word or phrase that is related to a concept which makes others uncomfortable.

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Euphemism

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Adult entertainment.

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Euphemism (pornography)

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He had one too many yesterday evening.

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Euphemism (he got drunk)

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Dumb luck.

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Assonance

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Stranger danger.

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Assonance

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Lean, mean, fighting machine.

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Assonance

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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.

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Assonance ("The Raven" Edgar Allan Poe)

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Figure of speech that draws upon the concept, rhetoric, or ideology from other writings to be merged in the new text. Rewriting a popular story in modern context for instance.

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Intertextuality

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He was lying so obviously you could see his nose growing.

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Intertextuality (Pinocchio)

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It's hard being an adult, Peter Pan had the right idea.

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Intertextuality

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She is a star in the sky.

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Metaphor

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That story is music to my ears.

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Metaphor

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Walk like an Egyptian.

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Simile

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She is like a star in the sky.

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Simile

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Figure of speech that makes implicit comparisons between two unlike things without the express of "like" or "as".

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Metaphor

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Laughter is the best medicine.

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Metaphor

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Time is money.

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Metaphor

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Figure of speech in which two essentially dissimilar objects are expressly compared with one another through the use of "like" or "as".

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Simile

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Cool as a cucumber.

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Simile

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Shine bright like a diamond.

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Simile

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Figure of speech in which one object or idea takes the place of another with which but has a close association.

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Metonymy

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Hollywood.

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Metonymy (the film industry)

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The Crown.

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Metonymy (a member of the royal family)

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I need to decide if I will go Greek in college next year.

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Metonymy (sorority or fraternity membership)

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Life is a climb, but the view is great.

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Metaphor (life is like a climb)

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There is a mountain of work on my desk.

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Metonymy (mountain=pile)

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I want to marry you: will you give me your hand?

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Synecdoche (hand=part of a whole)

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Today, I hit my job peak.

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Synecdoche (peak=part of the whole career)

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Figure of speech pairing two words together that are opposing and/or contradictory.

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Oxymoron

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True lies.

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Oxymoron

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Pretty ugly.

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Oxymoron.

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Only choice.

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Oxymoron

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Silent scream.

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Oxymoron

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Figure of speech which presents a short story, typically with a moral lesson at the end.

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Parable

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Parable

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Figure of speech which presents a short story, typically with a moral lesson at the end.

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The popular story, "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is a good example of which figure of speech?

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Parable

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Succinct narrative that uses symbolism, simile and metaphor to demonstrate a moral truth.

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Parable

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Similar to allegory though more condensed, it is a simple story used to illustrate an instructive lesson or principal.

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Parable

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Statement that appears at first to be contradictory, but upon reflection then makes sense. It allows readers to understand concepts in a different way.

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Paradox

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Less is more.

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Paradox

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You have to be cruel to be kind.

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Paradox

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What I've learned is that I know nothing.

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Paradox

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The more you give the more you get.

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Paradox

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The pen is mightier than the sword.

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Paradox

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Figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human.

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Personification

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I heard the wind whistling.

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Personification

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The moon is smiling at me.

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Personification

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That bus is driving too fast.

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Personification

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Books reach out to kids.

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Personification

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Figure of speech which involves words with similar or identical sounds but with different meanings. Also known as a "play on words"

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Pun

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The population of Ireland is always Dublin.

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Pun

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Polar bears vote at the North Pole.

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Pun

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Make like a tree and leave.

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Pun

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Figure of speech which consistsbof repeating a word, phrase or sentence to add emphasis, unity, and/or power.

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Repetition

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Bond.James Bond.

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Repetition

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Home sweet home.

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Repetition

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All for one and one for all.

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Repetition

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He's strong like an oax.

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Simile

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I got new wheels.

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Synecdoche (wheels=car)

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"I did OK" said the student with the highest score on the test.

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Understatement

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That condemned house just needs a coat or painting.

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Understatement