Figures of Speech

1. Figures of Speech Group 3 Alicia, Cameron, Drew, & Ruslan

2. Figures of Speech (Schemes) A change in the standard or usual syntax of words to create special effects. Such as: Apostrophe Rhetorical Question Anaphora Antithesis Chiasmus

3. Apostrophe An address to a dead or absent person or to an inanimate object or abstract concept “Thou wall, O wall, O sweet and lovely wall, Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne” A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare

4. Antithesis • figure of speech in which words or phrases that are parallel in order and syntax but express opposite or contrasting meanings • Example: “Setting foot on the moon may be a small step for a man but a giant step for mankind.”

5. Anaphora • -The intentional repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines, stanzas, sentences or paragraphs. • Example: Old and New Testament: series of Beatitudes from Jesus’s Sermon on the mount.

6. Chiasmus • figure of speech were successive phrases or clauses that are parallel in syntax but reverse in order of the analogous word • Example: "You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget."

7. Rhetorical Question • A figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point. • The question, a rhetorical device, is posed not to elicit a specific answer, but rather to encourage the listener to consider a message or viewpoint. Examples: Is the Pope Catholic? Is the sun hot? Is he a beautiful Arabian? @thefalamonster @BeautyArabian