Flashcards on Figures of Speech in Technical Communication
Figures of Speech in Technical Communication Explained
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Figures of Speech
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Card 1
Question: What are 'figures of comparison' and give two examples.
Answer: Figures of comparison are figures of speech used to compare things; examples include simile and metaphor.
Card 2
Question: What are 'figures of contrast' and list four examples.
Answer: Figures of contrast are used to show opposites; examples include irony, oxymoron, paradox, and antithesis.
Card 3
Question: What are 'figures of association' and give two examples.
Answer: Figures of association are based on relationships between ideas; examples include metonymy and synecdoche.
Card 4
Question: What are 'figures of emphasis' and list three examples.
Answer: Figures of emphasis are used to stress ideas; examples include hyperbole, litotes, and rhetorical question.
Card 5
Question: What are 'figures of sound' and list four examples.
Answer: Figures of sound are based on sound effect; examples include onomatopoeia, consonance, assonance, and alliteration.
Card 6
Question: Define simile and its basic structure.
Answer: A simile explicitly compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. Structure: Subject + like/as + Object.
Card 7
Question: Give three examples of similes from the content.
Answer: He fought like a lion. Her voice is as sweet as honey. The river flowed like silver.
Card 8
Question: List three functions of a simile mentioned in the content.
Answer: Clarifies meaning, creates imagery, and simplifies abstract concepts.
Card 9
Question: Provide the technical-communication example of a simile given in the content.
Answer: "The data spread across the network like wildfire."
Card 10
Question: How is literal language defined in the content and give the example provided.
Answer: Literal language means exactly what it says; example: "The classroom contains fifty students." This is direct and factual.