Irony- The use of a word or phrase in such a way that it conveys the opposite meaning (Lucky for us, World War I was the war to end all wars)…
* Irony – The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning…
Metaphor: A direct comparison between two unlike things, stating that one is the other or does the action of the other.…
Alliteration- the repetition of two or more consonant sounds in successive words in a line of verse or pose. (“cool cats” “in kitchen cups concupiscent curds”)…
10. Analogy – A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based: the analogy between the heart and a pump.…
A metaphor is used to compare things, or as a saying. Zora Neale Hurston uses a metaphor such as “no matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you – and pinched it into such a little bit of a thing that she could tie it about her granddaughter’s neck tight enough to choke her.” A literary device such as a metaphor is used constantly to emphasize certain objects or events in Janie’s life to make them more significant.…
Alliteration - the repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row.…
connotation—the range of further associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its straightforward dictionary meaning (the denotation of a word)…
Euphemism – a mild word or expression substituted for one thought to be too harsh…
Metaphor- A figure of speech which involves an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things using a form of the “to be” verb. The comparison does not use like or as.…
9) Oxymoron - a two word paradox, a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction - near miss, seriously funny…
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect…
Irony: The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.…
Apostrophe Figure of speech that directly addresses an abstract quality, a nonhuman, or an individual that is not present…
e.g. People are basically good, cars make us lazy, life originated on Mars – all of these are assertions.…