{"id":6130,"date":"2023-01-12T19:14:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T13:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/?p=6130"},"modified":"2023-01-12T19:14:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T13:44:31","slug":"figures-of-speech-definitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/figures-of-speech-definitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Figures of Speech &#8211; Definitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>Figures of Speech<\/th><th>Definitions<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Metaphor <\/strong><\/td><td>A metaphor is a comparison drawn between two different things that have something in common.<br>Example: The world is your oyster.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Metonymy<\/strong><\/td><td>Metonymy is the substitution of one phrase for another having a similar meaning in order to express something in an indirect manner.<br>Example: I remain loyal to the country.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Onomatopoeia<\/strong><\/td><td>Onomatopoeia is a term that sounds like the sound it describes.<br>Example: My watch ticks loudly.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Oxymoron<\/strong><\/td><td>An oxymoron occurs when two words in a sentence contradict one another.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Paradox<\/strong><\/td><td>A paradox is a self-contradictory assertion.<br>Example: Deep down Anna is really shallow.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Personification<\/strong><\/td><td>Personification is the process by which a non-living object is given human characteristics.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Pun<\/strong><\/td><td>A pun is a word play in which a word is used to change the meaning of a statement and add a double meaning.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Simile<\/strong><\/td><td>A simile is a term that compares one item to another by utilising the words like or as.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Synecdoche<\/strong><\/td><td>A synecdoche is a remark in which only a portion of something is articulated in order to refer to the entire item.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Understatement<\/strong><\/td><td>Understatement is a statement that is intended to be less essential than the message being conveyed.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Figures of Speech Definitions Metaphor A metaphor is a comparison drawn between two different things that have something in common.Example: The world is your oyster. Metonymy Metonymy is the substitution of one phrase for another having a similar meaning in order to express something in an indirect manner.Example: I remain loyal to the country. Onomatopoeia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,252],"class_list":["post-6130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","tag-english-language","tag-figures-of-speech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6131,"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6130\/revisions\/6131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}