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Figures of Speech - Week 14

Terms in this set (27)

Scheme
artful deviation from standard word order
Trope
artiful deviation from standard word meaning
Neologism (word scheme)
word scheme meaning a new or made-up word
Metaplasm (word scheme)
orthographical figures (changes to the spelling of words: This includes alteration of the letters or syllables in single words, including additions, omissions, inversions, and substitutions)
Prosthesis (word scheme)
adding a syllable in front of word
Epenthesis (word scheme)
adding a syllable in the middle of a word
Proparalepsis (word scheme)
adding a syllable at the end of a word
Aphaeresis (word scheme)
subtracting a syllable from the beginning of a word
Syncope (word scheme)
subtracting a syllable from the middle of a word
Apocope (word scheme)
subtracting a syllable from the end of a word
Metathesis (word scheme)
transposition of letters in a word
Antisthecon (word scheme)
change of sound
Portmanteau (word scheme)
combining two or more common expressions, shortening at least one
Assonance (scheme of repitition)
the repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables to achieve partial rhymes in a sentence
Consonance (scheme of repitition)
repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or at the end of words; (often used to create slant rhyme)
Pleonasm (scheme of repitition)
"abundant fullness"; repetitious phrases
Anaphora (scheme of repitition)
repetition of a word or phrase at the start of successive clauses
Epistrophe (scheme of repitition)
repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences
Symploce (scheme of repitition)
combines anaphora and epistrophe; beginning a series of lines, clauses, or sentences with the same word or phrase while simultaneously repeating a different work or phrase at the end of each element in this series
Epanalepsis (scheme of repitition)
repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of that clause.
Anandiplosis (scheme of repitition)
repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
Gradatio (scheme of repitition)
extended anadiplosis, continued from clause to clause.
Epanados (scheme of repitition)
Repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order.
Polyptoton (scheme of repitition)
repetition of words derived from the same root
Synonymia (scheme of repitition)
the use of several synonyms together to amplify or explain a given subject or term; adds emotional force or intellectual clarity; often occurs in parallel fashion.
Auxesis (scheme of balance)
as a scheme: arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing force or importance (climax) or decreasing force or importance (anticlimax)
Antimetabole (scheme of repitition)
an epanados that forms an antithesis
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