figures+of+speech
21Infamy Speech — President Franklin D. Roosevelt …
222003 Mission Accomplished speech — President George W. Bush addresses sailors during the Mission Accomplished speech, May 1, 2003 …
23figure of speech — Figure 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.… …
24Resignation speech — A resignation speech is a speech made by a public figure upon resigning from office. Resigning speeches can have considerable political effect for a number of reasons: * The resignation of a senior politician is normally an important, sometimes… …
25Avoidance speech — Avoidance speech, or mother in law languages , is a feature of many Australian Aboriginal languages and some North American languages and Bantu languages (called ukuhlonipha, to respect , in Zulu, for example) of Africa whereby in the presence of …
26Canceled figures — Figure 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.… …
27Farewell speech — A Farewell speech is a speech given by an individual leaving a position or place. They are often used by public figures such as politicians as a form of conclusion to the preceding career (such as that given by Ronald Reagan); or as statements… …
28Meiosis (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… …
29South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
30rhetoric — /ret euhr ik/, n. 1. (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast. 2. the art or science of all specialized literary uses of language in prose or verse, including the figures of speech. 3. the study of the effective… …
