figure+of+speech

  • 21figure of speech — noun a word or phrase used in a non literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect …

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  • 22figure of speech — noun a literary mode of expression, as a metaphor, simile, personification, antithesis, etc., in which words are used out of their literal sense, or out of ordinary locutions, to suggest a picture or image, or for other special effect; a trope …

  • 23Apostrophe (figure of speech) — Apostrophe (Greek ἀποστροφή, apostrophé , turning away ; the final e being sounded) is an exclamatory rhetorical figure of speech, when a talker or writer breaks off and directs speech to an imaginary person or abstract quality or idea. In… …

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  • 24Climax (figure of speech) — In rhetoric, a climax (from the Greek κλῖμαξ klimax, meaning staircase and ladder ) is a figure of speech in which words, phrases, or clauses are arranged in order of increasing importance. It is sometimes used with anadiplosis, which uses the… …

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  • 25Meiosis (figure of speech) — In rhetoric, meiosis is a euphemistic figure of speech that intentionally understates something or implies that it is lesser in significance or size than it really is. Meiosis is the opposite of auxesis, and also sometimes used as a synonym for… …

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  • 26Cosmosis (figure of speech) — Cosmosis (pl. cosmoses) is a figure of speech used in poetic works. Derived from the Greek κοσμεω, meaning to put in order , it describes a relationship in grammatically inflected languages such as Latin or Greek in which two or more words appear …

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  • 27Ploce (figure of speech) — A ploce is a figure of speech in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis. Examples: * In that great victory, Caesar was Caesar ! * Make war upon themselves brother to brother / Blood to blood, self against self. Richard III, by… …

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  • 28speech — /speech/, n. 1. the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one s thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity. 2. the act of speaking: He expresses… …

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  • 29speech — W2S2 [spi:tʃ] n [: Old English; Origin: sprAc, spAc] 1.) a talk, especially a formal one about a particular subject, given to a group of people ▪ a campaign speech give/make/deliver a speech ▪ Each child had to give a short speech to the rest of… …

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  • 30Figure — Fig ure (f[i^]g [ u]r; 135), n. [F., figure, L. figura; akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. See {Feign}.] 1. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance. [1913 Webster] Flowers have all exquisite figures. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. The… …

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