THE DIFFERENT TYPES
OF FIGURES OF
SPEECH
(CONTINUATION)
By Group 2: Andre Josol, Marivel
Bonita, Fiona Mae Radaza, Jeremiah
Orcullo
APOSTROPHE
A poetic phrase or speech made by a character that is
addressed to a subject that is not literally present in the
present work. The subject may be dead, absent, an
inanimate object, or even an abstract idea.
Example: "Death, Be Not Proud, though some have
called thee mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so;" "Death, be not proud," by John Donne
METONYMY
A name of an object or concept is replaced with a word
closely related to or suggested by the original.
Example: The pen is mightier than the sword. (Means
that communication and power of the independent press
is powerful than violence)
RHETORICAL QUESTION
Rhetorical Question - A question that doesn't need an
answer or a reply, used to engage the reader and
provoke a thought.
Example: Who wouldn't want to be a millionare?
ALLUSION
It references a well-known person, character, place, or
event that a writer makes to deepen the reader's
understanding
Example: "I read about the history of computers and I
think I've fallen down into a rabbit hole." (Referencing
Alice going down the rabbit hole in "Alice in
Wonderland.")
ANAPHORA
A repeating of words or phrases at the beginning of a
sentence.
Example: "So let freedom ring from the prodigious
hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the
mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the
heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania..." - "I Have A
Dream" by Martin Luther King
DICTION
Refers to the linguistic choices made by a writer to
convey an idea or point of view, or tell a story, in an
effective way, creating a reprensentation of a character's
outer appearance and/or inner state of mind for the
reader. It can be informal, colloquial, slang, or concrete.
Example: Hank told us the test wouldn't give us the right
results.
EUPHEMISM
Words or phrases that can be used to convey
unpleasant, depressing, or prohibited information.
Example: "She passed away" (It is a softened or
euphemistic way of saying "She died.")
EPISTROPHE
It uses one or more words that repeat at the end of a
sentence.
Example: "Government of the people, by the people, for
the people,shall not perish from the earth." (Abraham
Lincoln repeating the clause "the people.")
FLASHBACK
A writing device that moves the reader/audience from the
present moment in a chronological narrative to a scene
in the past.
Example: Roger suddenly remembers playing with frogs
and toads in his backyard as a curious child while
disecting a frog in biology class.
FORESHADOWING
A literary device that writers use to indicate or hint the
readers something that is to follow or appear later in the
story creating suspense and dramatic tension for
readers.
Example: A character finding an old painting that looks
eerily similar to them. There's a huge rip on the painting
foreshadowing their inevitable death.
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