Difference between revisions of "Template:Fos-mean"

Latest revision as of 17:49, 5 July 2007

This article is part of the Figures of Speech course. You may choose to follow it in a structured way, or read each item separately.

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 * [[Figures of comparison]]
 * [[Figures of meaning]]
-**[[anticlimax]]
+*; [[bathos]] or '''anticlimax''' : a descent, either disappointing or ludicrous
-**[[bathos]]
+*; [[circumlocution]] : talking around the subject
-**[[circumlocution]]
+*; [[climax]] : propositions or ideas rising in force
-**[[climax]]
+*; [[hyperbole]] : exaggeration
-**[[hyperbole]]
+*; [[irony]] : words with a hidden meaning
-**[[inversion]]
+*; [[litotes]] : using double negatives to make an understatement
-**[[irony]]
+*; [[meiosis]] : making an understatement
-**[[litotes]]
+*; [[oxymoron]] and [[paradox]] : words that contradict each other
-**[[meiosis]]
+*; [[pun]] : a play upon words
-**[[oxymoron]]
+*; [[satire]] : social or political comment through mockery or scorn
-**[[paradox]]
+*; [[sarcasm]] : a bitter gibe or taunt
-**[[pun]].
-**[[satire]]
-**[[sarcasm]]
 * [[Figures of construction]]
 * [[Figures of sound patterning]]
 * [[Miscellaneous Figures]]
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