Figures Of Speech

[§ínned™]

Let's name every existing figure of speech. Let's start with Simile which is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in "lips like tulips"). You may give multiple examples.

§inned™

[sampaguita]

I like your games sinned! :)

Shall we refrain from cliches???

*brave as a child

*innocent as a boar

*his smile was like a single wrinkle on a freshly ironed shirt

*cranky like the staticy music escaping the speakers from the old-fashioned radio

*She was devoted to her homework as Elizabeth Taylor was devoted to her husbands

*boyfriends like underwear (lol... :p)

*sweet as unwashed socks

*pompous like Joan Rivers

[Yoshi]

§inned™: Anung klaseng game to, ha? Test of English proficiency? ;) Pero sige, makiki-ride on ako. :)

Personification: the giving of human attributes to an otherwise inanimate object
Example: leaves were dancing

[sampaguita]

*my heart is chanting

*the sun was smiling

*daisies are gossipping

*a weeping willow was crying

*pictures were watching

*his eyes were piercing

*his breath was peircing (lol...)

[wAgKaNgMaKuLiT]

hmmm... parang idioms...

[§ínned™]

Nope wAgKaNgMaKuLiT, those are not idioms in their real sense. Idioms, FYI, are loose language peculiar to certain people. Sometimes idioms are called dialects if distinguished by features of pronunciation, vocabulary, or grammar.

On the other hand, figures of speech are forms of expression which are used to convey heightened effect on what you want to say, usually in poetry. Here you see exaggerations to make your expressions more heartfelt or intense. It is like you weave words to mean a thing that you don't want to say in simple fashion, thus you have metaphors or similes for comparing identifying one thing with another.

§inned™

[Lush]

Uh oh, let's see how much I remember...

Metaphor - similar to the simile in that one object is likened to another, but without the obvious pointers (e.g. like, as ___ as)
Example: your teeth are bright pearls; all the world is a stage

Apostrophe - also called "rhetoric", it's when some character suddenly addresses a person or thing that isn't there
Example: "I've flunked out of school, my sister is very sick, and I have no more money. Oh mother, if only you were here!"

Oxymoron - contradicting terms
Example: deafening silence; jumbo shrimp; Microsoft Works (heheheh :D)

Hyperbole - a gross exaggeration of characteristics or events
Example: he's so good, he could sell ice cream to an eskimo; any flattering post in threads about Sinned (JUST KIDDING! :D)

[sampaguita]

Alliteration: (my personal fave) repetition of the sound or letter of (usually but not necessarily) the first syllable of a word

*running around the rickety raft
*funny feminine feline
*some sexy exotic casino screener

Onomatopeia: words describing just like how they sound

*buzz
*thud
*kaboom! :)

[asterisk]

sampaguita, the onomatopaeia, by the examples you've given is not a figure of speech. It is a kind of word, etymologically speaking (like knock, splash, meow, neigh, etc.) To make onomatopeia a figure of speeh, it must be in a form of a phrase or sentence. as in,

I hear the rain
Tap-tap-tap-ping on the roof...



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[sampaguita]

asterisk:
Riiiiight... thanks for the correction. :o

[BODACIOUS]

Here's my contribution guys: :D

ALLUSION- clever reference to a well-known person,event,saying or thing.
e.g. If I were Midas, I would ask nothing else but such golden days as these.

ANTONOMASIA - type of allusion which makes use of a title or an epithet instead of a proper name.
e.g. Waterloo,David and Jonathan

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[PUGSLEY]

METONYMY Substitution of one noun for another which it suggests;Not based on resemblance but on association(i.e author for his works,the cause for the effect)

It is the rope for the criminal.

SYNECDOCHE- This is a type of metonymy, it gives a significant part to represent the whole

It is useless to preach to empty stomachs

IRONY - use of a word to signify the oppostie of what is said.

It was very nice of you to open mu private letter. Thank you very much.

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[Yoshi]

§inned™: Some books also list sarcasm as a figure of speech. Kung ganon, I'm voting for it as my favorite. ;)

[§ínned™]

Yoshi, maybe because sarcasm is a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain.

§inned™

[asterisk]

Yoshi, sarcasm, if as a figure of speech, is used as an embodiment in language. As such, it is closely related, if not entirely affiliated with, irony.

Generally, sarcasm is a tone, or voice in a literary piece including, innocence, sadness, etc.

[Yoshi]

§inned™: Designed to cut or give pain? Hehehe...I liked that! ;)