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Articulo, Jesselle Kayla C.

Dr. Marie Melanie J. Javier

MAELL 705

August 24, 2019

List of Language Devices with Sample Sentence/s

1. Alliteration: The repetition of an initial consonant sound.

Example: Bungi Bingi is busy as a bee.

2. Anaphora: The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of

successive clauses or verses.

Example: It’s so nice sipping once, sipping twice, and more sipping of hot

pancit molo with rice.

3. Antithesis: The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases.

Example: Patience is bitter, but it has a sweet fruit.

4. Apostrophe: Directly addressing a nonexistent person or an inanimate object as

though it were a living being.

Example: The day is not complete unless you give me your bitter

sweetness and warmth, my beloved coffee.

5. Assonance: The repetition of an initial vowel sound.

Example: It irks Inday Ining that Indo insults Inteng.

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6. Chiasmus: A verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is

balanced against the first but with the parts reversed.

Example: You forget what you want to remember, and you remember

what you want to forget.

7. Euphemism: The substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered

offensively explicit.

Example: Uncle Kulas is a little thin on top despite his age.

8. Hyperbole: An extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the

purpose of emphasis or heightened effect.

Example: I have not slept a wink and now I am death in the flesh!

9. Irony: The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. Also,

a statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or

presentation of the idea.

Example: Slaughter, a Great Dane dog ran away from a ginger kitten.

10. Litotes: A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an

affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite.

Example: A million pesos is no small amount.

11. Metaphor: An implied comparison between two dissimilar things that have

something in common.

Example: Auntie Esmeralda was such a bear yesterday.

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12. Metonymy: A figure of speech in a word or phrase is substituted for another with

which it’s closely associated; also, the rhetorical strategy of describing something

indirectly by referring to things around it.

Example: A stranger I met at the grocery store gave me a hand with my

paper bags.

13. Onomatopoeia: The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the

objects or actions they refer to.

Example: The bacon sizzles in its glorious oily goodness.

14. Oxymoron: A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms

appear side by side.

Example: Edgar Dumali is seriously funny during his stream.

15. Paradox: A statement that appears to contradict itself.

Example: Truth is honey, which is bitter.

16. Personification: A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction

is endowed with human qualities or abilities.

Example: The leaves danced along the street.

17. Pun: A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and

sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.

Example: The life of a patient of hypertension is always at steak.

18. Simile: A stated comparison (usually formed with “like” or “as”) between two

fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common.

Example: Neneng Maria’s voice is as loud as a tiny mouse.

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19. Synecdoche: A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole.

Example: My friends step-brother is already a gray beard.

20. Understatement: A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately

makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is.

Example: Her seatmate got the highest score in class and he said it was

just O.K.

21. Abbaser: (aka Tapinosis) Downplaying or reducing something.

Example: "Yes, you squashed cabbage-leaf, you disgrace to the noble

architecture of these columns, you incarnate insult to the English

language! I could pass you off as the Queen of Sheba!"

22. Abusio: (aka Catachresis) Using words incorrectly.

Example: “The voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses –

nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands …”

23. Acoloutha: Reciprocal substitution of words.

Example: “Today, we are affirming every last bit of what he has done and

said. We are still in an accepting mood despite all the

disappointments we’ve had these first 100 days. He says it, we approve it.

We are the loyal base.”

24. Accismus: Feigned refusal of that which is desired.

Example: “I’ve wanted one of those all of my life! It’s the most beautiful

one I’ve ever seen! Put it away. Take it back. Really, I’m not worth it.”
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25. Accumulatio: Drawing points into a powerful climax.

Example: "I will not excuse you; you shall not be excused; excuses shall

not be admitted; there is no excuse shall serve; you shall not be excused."

26. Acutezza: The use of wit or wordplay.

Example: “You say you have evidence, but evidently you do not.”

27. Acyron: Using a word opposite to what is meant.

Example: “I am as sad as a sandboy.”

28. Adianoeta: Expression that has second, subtle meaning.

Example: Manong jeepney driver fielded the line drive with his nose.

29. Adjunction: Putting the verb at the beginning.

Example: Sleeps the cat as the dog passes by.

30. Adynaton: Exaggerated declaration of impossibility.

Example: You have as much of a chance of winning the lottery as finding

maple syrup in Jupiter!

31. Asteismos: Polite expression of emotion.

Example: “Marlin: When are you going to give me a break?

Pat: When you break out of your slump and give me something to shout

out about! You can do it!”

32. Aetiologia: A statement with a supporting cause.

Example: You violated the rules so, you must be punished.

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33. Affirmatio: Speaking as if one's point is disputed.

Example: “It’s true that he’s ahead in the popular vote. It’s true that he

has more delegates committed to his nomination. Yes indeed, he appears

to be winning. Why would anybody ask?”

34. Aganactesis: Indignant exclamation.

Example: You cheated. You lied. You broke my heart. Now, I’m going to

break your legs!

35. Allegory: Narrative using sustained metaphor.

Example: Seuss wrote The Sneetches as an allegory for racism and other

forms of prejudice. The story is all about creatures who are treated as

inferior because they don’t have stars on their bellies. Like all Dr. Seuss

stories, it’s written in a child-friendly, playful style, but it still contains an

important political message.

36. Alleotheta: Substituting one thing for another.

Example: “Tomorrow you are leaving. Tomorrow, you are gone.”

37. Allusion: Indirect reference.

Example: "I violated the Noah rule: predicting rain doesn't count; building

arks does."

38. Alliteration: Repetition of same initial sound.

Example: Carmelita’s husband, Carding has a cat collection of cat suits

and cat hats in his closet.

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39. Ambage: Circumlocution which is talking around the subject rather than directly

what perhaps might be said in the circumstances.

Example: Those clothes are so Hollywood.

40. Amphibology: Ambiguity in grammar.

Example: I saw my cat in my pick-up truck with my prescription

sunglasses.

41. Amphilogy: Circumlocution to avoid harm to oneself.

Example: I know I don't talk much about teleseryes, but that doesn't mean

it is meaningless to me. In fact, I can watch it for hours. (I don't like

teleseryes, but saying this would result in my being criticized and maybe

ostracized).

42. Ampliatio: Using a name where it is not defined.

Example: “Hey, Skinny Boy, it’s great to see you again after all these

years–high school was insane!”

43. Amplificatio: General enhancement of an argument.

Example: Berting has seen many movies and some of them were garish,

but that was the utmost appalling film he has ever watched.

44. Anabasis: Stepwise increase in emphasis.

Example: I must prepare. I must study! I must overcome this subject!

45. Anacephalaeosis: Summary of known facts.

Example: Manenay is the best I have heard; she is consistent and I am

sure she will win.

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