FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE1.

SYNECDOCHE- an association of some part with the whole it

represents.Ex. The face who launched a thousand ships.
2. SIMILE- an indirect association.Ex. She is like a flower.
3. PERSONIFICATION-giving human attributes to an inanimate object( animal,idea,etc.).Ex. The
sun is looking down on me.
4. OXYMORON-a self-contrasting statement.Ex. Loud silence
5. METONYMY-an association wherein the name of something is substituted by something that
represents it.Ex. Toothpaste is sometimes called Colgate.
6.METAPHOR-a direct comparison.Ex. You are the sunshine of my life.
7. IRONY- the contrast between what was expected and what actually happened.Ex. No smoking
sign during a cigarette break.
8.HYPERBOLE- an exaggeration.Ex. Cry me a river.
9.EUPHEMISM-creating a positive connotation out of something negative.Ex. Loved
child( illegitimate child).
10. ELLIPSIS-omission of words in a sentence.Ex. She walked away and so the world turns.
11.ASYNDETON-not putting any connectors( conjunctions or prepositions)Ex. No retreat, no
surrender
12. APOSTROPHE- a direct address to an abstract things or a person who passed away.Ex. Love,
please come and take me!.