LAST 10 FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

La moda de esta temporada es toda sutileza: prendas sencillas y los accesorios mínimos. What they are saying

here is a/an ________________________________

• metonym

• chiasmus

• understatement

• euphenism

Litotes

• the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications;the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning;a play on words.

• a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in "He went to the country, to the town went she.''

• a trite, stereotyped expression;

  a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse, as sadder but wiser, or strong as an ox.

• understatement, esp. that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in "not bad at all.'' Cf. hyperbole.

mocking, contemptuous, or ironic language intended to convey scorn or insult the use or tone of such language

• pun

• chismus

• metonymy

• sarcasm

Rhetorica reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in "He went to the country, to the town went she.''

• tautology

• chiasmus

• cliche

• litotes

an overused or trite expression, plot, style, etc.:The phrases sadder but wiser, or strong as an ox are____________. anything that has become trite through overuse.

• metonymy

• euphenism

• pun

• cliche

a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as "scepter'' for "sovereignty,'' or "the bottle'' for "strong drink,'' or "count heads (or noses)'' for "count people.''

• metonymy

• understatement

• antithesis

• metonomony

words that merely repeat elements of the meaning already conveyed, as in the sentence Will these supplies be adequate enough? in place of Will these supplies be adequate? a statement that is always true, esp a truth-functional expression that takes the value true for all combinations of values of its components, as in either the sun is out or the sun is not out ......

• euphenism

• antithesis

• tautology

• metonymy

the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt. Rhetoric[countable]word or expression so substituted: "To pass away'' is a __________________ for "to die.''

• antithesis

• metonymy

• tautology

• euphemism

use of words or phrases to exploit ambiguities and innuendoes in their meaning, usually for humorous effect; a play on words. An example is: "Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms: But a cannonball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms." (Thomas Hood)

• sarcasm

• pun

• litotes

• understatement

the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas, as in "Give me liberty or give me death.'' the second sentence or part thus set in opposition, as "or give me death.''

• tuatology

• antithesis

• tautology

• antethesis