Figure of Speech (or stylistic
device or rhetorical device) is using of different styles to complement an
idea, feeling or meaning. These speeches give importance, newness of
expression, or clearness. The following are the figures of speeches:
Synecdoche, Anastrophe, Anaphora, Antonomasia, Personification, Simile, Analogy, Metaphor, Alliteration,
Euphemism, Assonance,
Idiom, Funny Metaphors, Jargon, Double Negative, Anadiplosis, Appositive, Enthymeme, Parallelism, Adjunction, Antithesis, Apostrophe, Climax, Metonymy, Oxymoron, Litotes, Paralipsis, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia, Imagery, Symbol, Pun, Allegory, Tautology, Rhetoric, Zeugma, Anticlimax,
Consonance, Irony, Polysyndeton, Rhetorical Question, Asyndeton, Parenthesis, Antimetabole, Epistrophe, Understatement, Chiasmus, Epithet
and False Analogy.
A metaphor is a subtle comparison of one word,
relating to another.
