Figures of Speech

Figures of Speech (FoS) that makes use of “like” or “as”

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

What FoS?

The banging of the door startled the baby.

• Synecdoche

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Is a phrase that implies a different meaning than the words that comprise it

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Apostrophe

• Pun

What FoS?

Better butter makes a batter better.

• Anaphora

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Apostrophe

The similarity of the sounds between internal vowels in words close to each other

• Apostrophe

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

What FoS?

I was at the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong person.

• Chiasmus

• Pun

• Euphemism

• Anaphora

The polite, indirect expressions used to replace harsh, impolite or unpleasant ones

• Synecdoche

• Euphemism

• Pun

• Metaphor

Frequently use in journalism, especially in editorial and news writing

• Synecdoche

• Euphemism

• Pun

• Simile

Uses words to convey their exact opposite meaning

• Understatement

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Idiom

What FoS?

I’m buying new wheels for my father's birthday.

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Synecdoche

• Pun