figures of speech in the Tell Tale Heart

1. The figuresofspeech
It is the inversion of the normal order of speech in a
particular sentence. It can also be said that the language is
interrupted and speech takes a sudden turn. This is used for
the purpose of emphasis.
“Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the
old man.”
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ANAPHORA SIMILE
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3. The figuresofspeech
It is a comparison between two unlike things using the
expressions "like" or "as”
“a single dim ray like the thread of the spider”
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5. The figuresofspeech
It is the use of words in a way that conveys a meaning opposite to
its usual meaning or to what is ostensibly stated. It involves
surprising, interesting, unexpected or amusing contradictions
1) The speaker keeps saying that he is not crazy but then he
describes his actions. It's these actions that make him appear crazy.
2) “I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week
before I killed him.”
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ANAPHORA SIMILE
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7. The figuresofspeech
The exaggeration of a statement.
"For a whole hour I did not move a muscle,"
SYMBOL ANASTROPHE
ANAPHORA SIMILE
PERSONIFICATION HYPERBOLE
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9. The figuresofspeech: let’srevise!
It is the presentation of details, characters, clues, or incidents
in a narrative, in such a way that later events are prepared
for. This technique helps build tension and suspense.
“…I loved the old man... He had never given me insult. For his
gold I had no desire… I made up my mind to take the life of
the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye for ever.”
SYMBOL ANASTROPHE
ANAPHORA SIMILE
PERSONIFICATION HYPERBOLE
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11. The figuresofspeech
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
"Hearken! and observe how healthily, how calmly, I can tell
you the whole story.
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ANAPHORA SIMILE
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13. The figuresofspeech
Something that is itself and also stands for something else:
BED: rest, peace and security.
DARKNESS: peace, silence, rest, comfort, death, evil
HEART: love - spiritual, emotional and moral core of
a human being,
(Here, the bed is the murder weapon, so it is an : __________________ )
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15. The figuresofspeech
Similes and metaphors are both figures speech that are used
to describe something by comparing it with something else.
Similes use the words “like” or “as” while metaphors do not.
The man’s eye is like the eye of a vulture. This is a ________
METAPHOR ANASTROPHE
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17. The figuresofspeech
Addressing someone absent or dead or something
nonhuman as if that person or thing were present and alive
and could reply to what is being said. This figure of
speechiscalled…
(“You fancy me mad.”)
SYMBOL ANASTROPHE
ANAPHORA SIMILE
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RHETORICAL QUESTION METAPHOR

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19. The figuresofspeech
It does not presuppose an answer but rather to spark
(accendere la scintilla) readers into thinking about a subject
(“but why will you say that I am mad?”)
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ANAPHORA SIMILE
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RHETORICAL QUESTION METAPHOR

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21. The figuresofspeech
Giving attributes of a human being to an animal, object, or
concept.
“Death in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow
before him and enveloped the victim.”
SYMBOL METAPHOR
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23. The figuresofspeech: let’srevise!
A repeated word, phrase, sentence or cluster of words at the
beginning of a clause.
“I heard all things in heaven and in the earth. I heard many
things in hell.”
SYMBOL ANASTROPHE
ANAPHORA SIMILE
PERSONIFICATION HYPERBOLE
APOSTROPHE IRONY
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