2. Did you know that
Figurative Language...
is a type of language that
varies from the norms of literal
language, in which word mean
exactly what they say?
3. Also known as the "ornaments
of language," figurative language
does not mean exactly what it says,
but instead forces the reader to make
an imaginative leap in order to
comprehend the author’s point.
6. “▸Figures of Thought are also
called tropes. A trope is the
meaning a word has other than
its literal meaning. Examples are
simile, metaphor, irony and
personification.
7. “▸Figures of Speech are also called
rhetorical figures or schemes.
Rhetorical figures depart not from the
literal meaning of the words, but from
the standard usage or order of the
words. Examples are: Apostrophe,
Chiasmus, Antithesis and Rhetorical
Question.
8. “▸Figures of Sound include the
sound effect devices.
Examples are: Alliteration,
Assonance, Consonance and
Onomatopoeia.
9. Figures of Speech
Based on Analogy
Analogies are drawn to explain,
describe, argue, and justify.
10. “▸There are distinct units of
thought in analogy: the vehicle
and the tenor. The tenor is the
subject or idea you are trying to
explain and the vehicle is the
means by which you explain it.
11. Simile
▸ A stated comparison (usually formed
with "like", "than", or "as") between two
fundamentally dissimilar or unlike things
that have certain qualities in common.
12. EXAMPLES
▸ You are like the sun that brightens my
day.
▸ IU’s voice is like a music that lingers to
my ears.
▸ The world is like a stage, we are its’
players.
13. METAPHOR
▸ A implied comparison between two
unlike that actually have something
important in common.
14. EXAMPLES
▸ You are my sunshine.
▸ IU’s voice is a music to my ears.
▸ RM is a walking encyclopedia.
▸ Her heart is a rock.
▸ All the world’s a stage.
15. ALLUSION
▸ A reference to, or a representation of
people, places, events, literary work,
myths, works of art, either directly or by
implication.
▸ It is an implied or indirect reference.
16. EXAMPLES
▸ Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her.
▸ Hey! Guess who the new Einstein of our
school is?
▸ I am serious over here, it is no
Disneyland here.
18. EXAMPLES
▸ The earth had swallowed all my hopes.
▸ The sun played hide and seek with the
clouds.
▸ Opportunity knocked on the door.
▸ Traffic seemed to crawl.
19. REIFICATION
▸ It is the treatment of something abstract
as a material or concrete thing.
▸ It is the apprehension of human
phenomena as if they were things, that
is, in non-human or possibly
superhuman terms.
20. EXAMPLES
▸ Follow the evidence where it leads.
▸ Those lanterns are calling me towards
the Christmas spirit.
▸ Nature has found a way.
21. METONYMY
▸ A word or phrase is substituted for
another with which it is closely
associated; also the rhetorical strategy of
describing something indirectly by
referring to things around it.
22. EXAMPLES
▸ The crown put peace on Arendelle’s
future.
▸ The pen is mightier than sword.
▸ White House declared an early
Christmas break.
23. SYNECDOCHE
▸ A part is used for the whole, the whole
for a part, the specific for the general, the
general for the specific, or the material
for the thing made from it.
24. EXAMPLES
▸ Boots on the ground
▸ Suits
▸ New wheels
▸ Fine threads
▸ Refers to soldiers
▸ Refers to business people
▸ Refers to new car
▸ Refers to clothing
25. SYMBOL
▸ An object or action that means
something more than its literal meaning.