30 Figures of Speech in Under 7 Minutes! | LitEd

Please skip to 0:50 to begin with the 30 figures of speech.

Join us in this video as we explain the concept of a "figure of speech" and introduce you to 30 different figures of speech, all within 7 minutes! Discover the meanings of simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, litotes, paradox, climax, assonance, metonymy, inversion, tautology, and others.

0:51 Simile
1:02 Metaphor
1:17 Personification
1:30 Hyperbole
1:40 Onomatopoeia
1:50 Alliteration
2:01 Oxymoron
2:11 Paradox
2:23 Euphemism
2:36 Pun
2:50 Irony
3:00 Sarcasm
3:07 Apostrophe
3:25 Metonymy
3:35 Synecdoche
3:44 Litotes
3:52 Anaphora
4:07 Epiphora
4:21 Chiasmus
4:32 Anadiplosis
4:44 Antithesis
4:57 Inversion
5:13 Rhetorical Question
5:23 Tautology
5:35 Climax
5:43 Anti-Climax
5:53 Zeugma
6:09 Aposiopesis
6:20 Assonance
6:30 Consonance

PS: If you already know what a "figure of speech" means, skip to 0:50 to begin with the first of the 30 figures of speech, as we explain the concept of a "figure of speech" until this mark.

This video lesson is put together by Adriana Rodricks. Adriana is a student pursuing a bachelor's degree in arts (BA), majoring in English literature.

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