文档介绍：Figures of speech
In Poetry
Definition
Figures of speech are forms of expression that depart
from normal word or sentence order or from the
common literal meanings of words, for the purpose of
achieving a special effect
the chief functions of figures of speech
to embellish, to emphasize or to clarify.
to give tone or atmosphere to discourse.
to provide vivid examples to stimulate thought
to give life to inanimate objects.
to amuse, or to ornament
Words are either literal or figurative
Litera原意
Words used in their original meanings are
used literally
Figurative比喻义
Words used in extended meanings for the
purpose of making comparisons or calling up
pictures in the reader,s or listener's mind are
used figuratively
colourful
n“ a colourful garden” the word colourful is
used in its literal sense to describe the many
different colours of the flowers
in a colourful life"or a colourful career" the
word is used in its figurative sense because
neither life or career has any colour
Figures of Speech (2)
simile
2. metaphor
17. Sarcasm
personification
18. Satire
metonymy
19. Ridicule
5 Synecdoche
20. Innuendo
Antonomasia
21. Parod
euphemism
22. Climax
8. Hyperbole
23. Anti-climax
24. Alliteration
10 Antithesis
25 Assonance
11. Paradox

12. Oxymoron
27. Transferred epithet
13. Epigram
28. Pun
apostrophe
29 Parallelism
15. rhetorical question
30. Repetition
Major figures of speech in poetry
Simile直喻
Simile is a figure of speech which makes a
comparison between two unlike elements
having at least one quality or characteristic
common
Metaphor暗喻
A metaphor, like a simile, also makes a
comparison between two unlike elements, but
unlike a simile, this comparison is implied
rather than stated
Examples
she has a face that's as round as the moon
Time flies like an arrow
You run like a rabbit
Life is a yo-yo. It' s a series of ups and downs
All the world's a stage, And all the men and