FIGURE OF SPEECH

 

 

 

DEFINITION

figure of speech is an expression or figure of speech used for literacy needs both oral and written.

FUNCTION

 Figure of speech serves to beautify English words which are usually used for writing poetry, poetry, and even prose

Types of Figure of speech in English

> Alliteration

Is a figure of speech that has a function to beautify the types of English sentences. One of the characteristics of alliterations is that they have repeated consonant sentences. Example:

•      The wild walrus waits and wonders when we'll walk by.
•      She sells seashells.
•      Walter wondered where Winnie was.
•      Blue baby bonnets bobbed through the bayou.

>  Metaphore

Is a figure of speech that is used to compare something or an idea. For example:

•      Heart of stone
•      Time is money
•      The world is a stage

> Onomatopoeia

Onompatopoeia is a figure of speech that specifically writes the sound of something. Example:

     Whoosh
     Splat
     Buzz

> Personification

Personification is a type of figure of speech that gives "life" to inanimate objects. What does it mean? The point is that the sentence used in the sentence gives a picture of the object as if the object is alive. Example:

•      The flowers are nodded.
•      The snowflakes danced.
•      The thunder grumbled.

>  Simile

Simile is a figure of speech that compares or presupposes something or an object. Sometimes, similes like to be confused with metaphors which also have a form of comparison. In fact, simile and metaphore have different structures. Simile has the characteristics of the words like, as, or similar to. Example:

•      As slippery as an eel
•      Like peas in a pod
•      As blind as a bat

> Hyperbole

In Indonesian, we know this figure of speech as hyperbole. Same as in English, this hyperbole tense seems to exaggerate something. Example:

•      I've told you to stop a thousand times.
•      That must have cost a billion dollars.
•      I could do this forever.

>  Anaphora

Anaphora is a writing technique in which a phrase or beginning in a word is the same and is repeated in a sentence. Usually anaphora is used in writing poetry, fairy tales, speech, or poetry to make it more rhythmic. Example:

•      I came, I saw, I conquered. - Julius Caesar
•      Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition! - King John II, William Shakespeare
•      It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness. - A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens

> Synecdoche

Is a word or term used to represent all objects. For example:

•      Wheels - Represents the mention of cars.
•      Plastic - In America there is a term plastic for a credit card or debit card.
•      Coke - Used to refer to any fizzy drink.