It is one of figure of speech about antonomasia.

1. Riva Alifia Warid 2C
“ANTONOMASIA”

2. • What is antonomasia? The word is from the
Greek antonomasía, a derivative
of antonomázein, “to call by a new name.”
Antonomasia is that figure of speech that
employs a suitable epithet or appellative to
cite a person or thing rather than the original
name.

3. • To put it in simple terms, antonomasia is a rhetoric way
of giving an appropriate name or title to someone or
something. The epithet or appellative is usually
inspired by a specific character, a particular physical
trait, or some outstanding feats or deeds of that person
or thing and are not just any random names.

4. • Antonomasia is also known as
nominatio, pronominatio and prosonomasia
and is at times spelt as 'antinomasia'.
• Antonomasia is all about substitution of names
for a person with a praiseworthy appellation like
brave, coward, furious, clever, and casanova and
so on. Even in our daily dialogues, we tend to use
antonomasia for complimenting or even abusing
someone.

5. You must pray to heaven's guardian for relief.
Nice drive, tiger!
Do not act like Mr. Bean.
hey you, curly hair.

6. I think, we must ask to Mr. Know.
The king of dangdut will come!
She was a witch in the play.
I want to watch the flat-nosed and the stammer in OVJ

7. POPULAR ANTONOMASIA
Solomon - a wise man
Casanova - a philanderer
The Bard of Avon - William Shakespeare
Beowulf - a myth
The Dark Knight - Batman
The Führer - Adolf Hitler
Judas - Betrayer

8. • The King of Pop - Michael Jackson
• An Einstein - an intelligent person
• Iron Man of India - SardarVallabhbhai Patel
• the little corporal for Napoleon I.
• "Macedonia's madman" for Alexander the Great. .
• "Old Blue Eyes" for Frank Sinatra. .
• "The King" for Elvis Presley.

9. • REFERENCES
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonomasia
• http://fos.iloveindia.com/antonomasia-
examples.html