Common English Figures of Speech

موضوع: Common English Figures of Speech 2012-01-15, 21:24

The common English figures of speech

Personification :
( تشخيص – تجسيد)
Is a representation of inanimate objects or abstract ideas as living being.
… the sky is crying.
… the night embraced me and the moon smiled down upon me.
Hyperbole:
(غلو – استغراق)
Is a form of literary exaggeration in which a person or thing is described as being better or worse, or larger or smaller, than is actually the case.
… his eyes were fountains of tears.
… he drinks like a fish.
… it will take me a million years to fix this problem.
Simile :
( تشبيه)
Is a specific comparison by means of the words ( like – as ) between two kinds of ideas or objects.
… she is like a shining star.
… he is as fast as lightning.
Metaphor:
(مجاز)
Is the use of the word or phrase denoting one kind of idea or object (thing) in place of another word or phrase for the purpose of suggesting a likeness ( similarity) between the two.
… her teeth are two rows of pearls.
Apostrophe:
(المناجاة)
Is a device in which the poet addresses a person who usually is either absent or dead, an inanimate object, or an abstract idea.
… O moon, do not look upon my sorrow!
Metonymy:
(استعارة)
Is the use of a word or phrase for another to which it has an important relation.
… the hostess kept a good table ( good food).
… Live by the sword, die by the sword.
Oxymoron:
(تناقض)
Is a combination of two seemingly contradictory words.
… dear wounds, fair storms, freezing fires, nice monster.
… childhood is so bittersweet.
… make haste slowly.
Paradox:
(مفارقة – عبارة متناقضة ظاهريا)
Is a statement that appears contradictory to common sense yet is true in fact.
… colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
… A well known secret agent.
Irony:
( سخرية)
Is a lightly sarcastic mode (way) of speech, in which words are used to convey a meaning contrary to their literal sense ( meaning).
… you want me to look for him in New York well, New York is a small city.
Synecdoche:
Is using the part to express the whole, the whole for a part.
… 50 head of cattle.
… fifty sails = fifty ships.
… we need new hands for the factory.
… God bless the hands which prepared this food.
Pun:
( تلاعب لفظي)
Is the play on the duality of meaning of one word.
… there is no room for me in this room.
Anastrophe(inversion):
Reversing the normal word order common in the English sentence.
… stone walls do not a prison make.
Caesura:
(وقف – انقطاع)
The pausing or stopping within a line of poetry caused by needed punctuation.
… Living breathing, apathy.
… Saps energy, will, interest.

موضوع: رد: Common English Figures of Speech 2012-01-15, 21:50

محمد انت بتغيب وبترجع بنفس النشاط ونفس التألق
موضوع غني ومفيييييييييييد جدا
يسلموووووو :bravo:

موضوع: رد: Common English Figures of Speech 2012-01-17, 01:49

هلااااااااااااااااااااااااا بالانســـــــــــــــة غووووون

شكرا الك

موضوع: رد: Common English Figures of Speech 2012-01-31, 21:34

أخي محمد انت دايما متـألق ما حدا يقدر يقول هالحكي

شكــــــــــــــــــــــــــرا كتيــــــــــــــــــــــــــر

موضوع: رد: Common English Figures of Speech 2012-02-02, 03:34

ون هندرد ولكومز غوووستاية
كيفك شو الاخباااار وين هالغيبة ؟؟؟

موضوع: رد: Common English Figures of Speech 2012-02-02, 04:06

شكراااااااااااا
محمد
وعنجد دائما إنت متألق
والتألق أصلا صفة من صفاتك

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