figures of speech

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Mind Map on figures of speech, created by Scott Warwick on 23/11/2014.
Scott Warwick
Mind Map by Scott Warwick, updated more than 1 year ago
Scott Warwick
Created by Scott Warwick almost 10 years ago
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figures of speech
  1. COMPARISONS
    1. SIMILE
      1. COMPARISON THAT ALWAYS CONTAINS AS OR LIKE.
      2. METAPHORE
        1. A COMPARISON WITHOUT THE USE OF AS OR LIKE
        2. PERSONIFICATION
          1. GIVING HUMAN QUALITIES TO ABSTRACT IDEAS OR INANIMATE OBJECTS
          2. APOSTROPHE
            1. INANIMATE, ABSTRACT OR DEAD THING THAT IS ADDRESSED TO AS IF IT WERE LIVING
          3. SOUND DEVICES
            1. ALLITERATION
              1. THE REPEAT OF CONSONANT SOUNDS AT THE BEGINNING OF WORDS.
              2. ASSONANCE
                1. THE REPEAT OF VOWEL SOUNDS
                2. ONOMATOPOEIA
                  1. USES WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE THE REAL SOUND
                  2. RHYME
                    1. RHYME DEPENDS ON SOUND, NOT THE WRITTEN WORD
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