chronicles of the forgotten figures: a glimpse of the lesser known artists of speech

7/29/2019 Chronicles of The Forgotten Figures: A Glimpse of the Lesser Known Artists of Speech

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Genealogists and Historians:

Oella Mari CabangonGabrielle Anne De Ocampo

Czarina Francesca Carino

Kathleen Ivy Mendoza

IV-Moseley

Kamylle Consebido

Felix Nathaniel Elamparo

Leonides Frago

William Austin Gaspi


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Comparison Family

Contradiction

Family

Sounds Family

Symbols Family

*Chiasmus


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Com arison famil

This clan is known for being very similar in

physical features and behavior, but as they say,

no two people are alike.


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Name: Selino SimileNickname: SimsimiBirthdate: July 16, 1785Life:Simile was from a farmers family. His parents were poor and were always struggling to survive. Butwhen Simile was born, the family gained happiness. Even though they worked all day long, theirstress and exhaustion were covered by Similes laughs and smiles. When he started to school, hehad been an intelligent student. He was always chosen to represent their school in different contests,especially in science and math contests. He graduated as the valedictorian in grade school and highschool. He had three degrees in college. But when he started to work, his attitude has changed. He

became more materialistic. He did not believe anyone and he proclaimed himself as the wisest andrichest in his community. With his money, he bought luxurious cars, houses and he used it to abusethe people in the lower class. When he saw his servants doing mistakes, he scolded them andcompared them to an object because on his sight, his workers were just paid objects to fulfill hisneeds. He once said that in this world, all could be paid by his money and he once told his servantsthat they were like machines thay by just greasing with money all of them would function. But then, hefound the person that would love him. Her name was Melanie Metaphor. They have developed arelationship because they were partners in their business. They had a child named Conchita Conceit.Melanie Metaphor died. This made Simile to change his bad attitudes to good ones. Because of hislife transformation, he met another woman. She was Perfecta Personification. They had a childnamed Halle Hyperbole.

Contribution: One of the figures of speech was named after him. It was simile. Simile is a figure ofs eech that shows com arison between two dissimilar thin s that have the same ualities usin like

Name: Melanie MetaphorNickname: TappyBirthdate: December 17, 1787Life:Melanie Metaphor came from a family of royalty. She was a daughter of the cousin of the duchess ofSlovakia. She was a very beautiful and wise woman but deep inside, it was the exact opposite of theoutside. Because of their richness, she was able to build her own business. There she met, her

husband, Selino Simile. Just like Selino Simile, she was also an oppressor. She treated her servants asif they were animals. She once said that her maids were just cats in her mansion that they would eatthe leftovers of what her family has eaten. With her feelings, she expressed them directly. She did notwant anybody to disturb her and she said that she must be always right that all of what she were sayingwere the right things to follow. When Haley Hyperbole was born, Melanie Metaphor acquired a seriousdisease that caused her death.

Contribution: Because she expresses herself directly, a figure of speech was named after her.Metaphor is a figure of speech that states a direct comparison between two different things thatpossess the same qualities.


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Name: Halle HyperboleNickname: HippyBirthdate: August 3, 1813Life: Halle is the child of Selino and Petunia. When he was born,he was thought to be fine, but then, when he reached the age offive, he was diagnosed with ADHD. This caused Hippy to bevery active that everything, his senses, his movement, wasexaggerated. Their maids couldn't even last a week becausethey can't take his behavior, so his family always hires newmaids every once in a while. Having a condition like this, he wasforced by his family to stay in the house for the sake of hisprotection.

Contribution: He was known for being exaggerated, so a figureof speech was named after him. Hyperbole is a figure of speechthat uses exaggerated expressions for a particular object orevent. An exam le is "mile-hi h ice cream cones".

Name: Conchita ConceitNickname: ConchieBirthdate: January 18, 1809Life: Conchie was the daughter of Selino and Melanie.However, her mother died when she was born so shegrew up yearning for a mother. Because of this, sheobtained a disorder called "matriarchal disorder". Thismade Conchie turn into someone like her mother. Heractions depicted the similarities between the two of them.Conchie expressed herself directly but in a more elaborateand strained manner. Because of this, she was feared by

her playmates and no one played with her again.

Contribution: She was like her mother, but she was moreelaborate and strained. So, a figure of speech was namedafter her. Conceit is a fi ure of s eech that is an

Name: Petunia PersonificationNickname: PiaBirthdate: circa 1788

Life: Accounts claim that Petunia, or who is known as Pia to the village people, is a friendlymythical creature who was there wandering around a small southern Grecian town even beforetheir ancestors settled in that area. It was said that Petunia never ages, and her only weaknessis being ignored by the people. She needed her village people friends for her to survive ages.Pias powers are utterly impressive. She is said to be bearing the blood of shape shifters whichare other mythological creatures said to possess the ability to transform from one creaturesform to another. Shape shifters usually shift from a body of one animal to another, but in Piascase, it is more special. Pias basic form as a human can be transformed into any other animal,or even a thing. Under this special ability, she is then able to express herself, in her humanisticabilities through the inanimate objects. Time passed, and people started to forget about poorPia. Until one day, she was not seen any more by the elders of the village which were herfriends. No one knows what happened to her upto this day.

Contribution: As a memorabilia, the

figure of speech personification is

named after Petunia Personification.

Personification is the act of giving

inanimate objects or abstract

concepts human-like characteristics

in speech or writing.


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CONTRADICTION FAMILY

They all suffer

bipolar

diseases and

they live

together as a

family ofprofound

OXYMORON

ANTITHESIS

UNDERSTATEMENTLITOT

ESIRON

Y

PARADOX

Name: Ozzy OxymoronNickname: Oxy

Birthdate: September 21, 1955

Life: Oxymoron is the father of the Contradiction

family. To let his children learn and be engaged more

in philosophy or law, he always confuses them by

letting them think deeply through saying contradicting

words. Oxy wants his children to be lawyers or

philosophers someday, so starting at a young age he

already teaches them how to excel in those

professions.

Contribution: Oxymoron combines contradictory

terms.An example is living dead which means

someone is still alive but feels like they are already

dead.

Name: Patty Paradox

Nickname: Par

Birthdate: July 15, 1957

Life: Paradox is the mother of the Contradictions

family. She is a religious person, thats why every

day she tells a quote to her children from the

Bible. She loves to convey the truth that is hidden

deep inside her statements, feelings or actions.

Contribution: A paradox is a statement thatapparently contradicts itself and yet might be true.


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Name: Annie Antithesis

Nickname: ThesisBirthdate: February 7, 1982

Life: Antithesis is the eldest of the Contradiction

Family. She idolizes and respects her mother so

much that in some way they are similar but still

have their own differences. Thesis loves to

organize her things and is a responsible elder

sister to her siblings.

Contribution: Antithesisis used when two

opposites are introduced in the same sentence,

for contrasting effect wherein the two contrasting

ideas have the same sentence structure. An

example is Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real

thing.

Name: Iraliza Irony

Nickname: Ira

Birthdate: December 5, 1985

Life: Ira is the brightest child of the Contradiction family, but

her lifetime achievements are purely imaginary. She

graduated as the best doctor back at medicine school but

ended up failing a lot of her patients. She then left the

profession not meant for her and then fell in love with

philosophy. She became an avid follower of Socrates. Many

people find her very hard to argue with, pretending to know

nothing or be ignorant at first in order to get the upper hand

in an argument.

Contribution: Irony is used as a mean for inducing a truth in

a statement or situation, showing an event contrasting the

expected outcome while sometimes creating the feeling of

humor to the interpreters.

Name: Lito LitotesNickname: Lito

Birthdate: February 14, 1987

Origin: From the Greek language, meaning "plainness,

simplicity"

Life: Lito is somewhat a man who does not want to

offend anybody, at the same time not the type who

sugarcoats his words. He keeps his comments at mid-

level, not stirring any emotion too negative or positive

for anyone. Common descriptions of him would

describe him to be not ugly, not dull, and not selfish.

Contribution: Litotes is used to convey a positive idea

by negating a negative one.

Name: Understatement

Nickname: Undre

Birthdate: September 24, 1998

Life: Undre loves the daring life and declares

himself a daredevil. He takes pride in pushing

activities to the limit while bragging about his

experiences to be just "pieces of cake".

Contribution: Understatements show a lesser

degree of intensity in speech than expected and is

usually used for humorous effect.


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SOUNDS famil

Onomatopoeia

Assonance

consonancealliteratio

nrepetitio

n

Masters of

concerts, they

are a family that

lives in

harmony and

melody. Adding

a bit of color to

the world with

their music, thisfamily enjoys

rhythmic and

similar patterns.

They believe

with utmost

"

Name: Olivia Onomatopoeia

Nickname: Olly

Birth Date: March 27, 1767

Life: Olivia Onomatopoeia's voice could not be any more of a divine blessing. Producing sweet tunes that would

brighten up the day of people around her, she has a world of her own--a world full of music and sound. Olly had a habit

of singing everything she says in perfect melody. It would amuse everyone to no end but there were some that wouldget annoyed. This caused her to be ignored and shunned by others. She got depressed and stopped speaking at all

until somebody talked her out of it. A man told her that she didn't have to care what others think and should do what

she loved. Olly did just that. They fell in love with other and from which blossomed two children, Alliteration and

Repetition.

Contribution: For Olly's impeccable ability of producing sounds and music, the Greek civilization named a figure of

speech after her. Onomatopoeia is the use of words whose sound suggests the sense.


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Name: Alina AlliterationNickname: AlliBirthdate: April 16, 1786Life Story:Since childhood, Alliteration is considered as the gifted child among her family. Her love towards music was discoveredby her mother, Onomatopoeia, at the age of six, when she sang different nursery rhymes for pleasure. She alsolearned to read the musical scale and started to make her own musical compositions, after learning some basic chords.Her passion for music didnt stop at that point for she decided to expose herself in theatre. She travelled regularly toBroadway for her vocal and acting lessons, leading her to join various singing contests. Despite a number of failedattempts, Alina finally won a local talent competition by singing her own rendition of the song The Green Green Grassof Home, and was given the opportunity to appear as the opening act in a countrywide press conference.

Even though Alina gained popularity at such a short span of time, Alina started to feel isolation from her friends. Shewould always put her singing career first before anything, making her friends only an option and a second choice. Alinawas known to be a persistent and a determined woman, not letting any circumstances blocking her as a musician.

According to her, she would sacrifice anything, even her existing relationships, just for the sake of her growing career.She also spends her time writing songs for her music album, where she was much recognized with her unique lyricalapproach. She uses the repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of her words or in stressed syllables, thereason of acquiring lots of fans and supporters across her country.

Name: Alexander Assonance & Cassandra Consonance

Nickname: Axel & Cassie

Birth Date: July 29, 1794

Life: Born as fraternal twins of Olly and her husband, Axel & Cassie inherited their mother's love for sounds and music.

They were complete opposites. In the presence of others, Cassie would be the out-going popular girl that would want to

have fun at every opportunity while Axel was more of a timid and soft-spoken boy that would spend his time reading

and solving puzzles. But if there was a thing that even Axel would not back down from is their constant battle for pride.

Both believed differently as to what sounds were more significant--vowel or consonant sounds. Cassie firmly insists

that consonant sounds were more abundant and therefore beats vowels by a landslide. Axel, on the other hand,

retaliates with faith for vowel sounds, reasoning that though lesser in number, their use was more important for you

can't form words without them. Those around them would never understand why the siblings would fight over such

trivial matters but they just let them be for there was no harm done.

Contribution: Because of their strong resolution of what they believe to be true, the village named them for two figures

of speech just like their mother, assonance and consonance. Both relating to repeating sounds but the difference of

each is which. Consonance would involve consonant sounds as Cassie would forever fight for while assonance deals

with vowels as Axel would defend.

Contribution:In commemoration of Alinas influence in the music industry, Alina garneredthe title as the Mother of Alliteration, a figure of speech


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S mbols

They often don't

like their names

(for some reason)

and they love to

act in their alter

egos. Thesepeople enjoy

nicknaming. This

mutual love has

brought together

Name: Ronella RepetitionNickname: RonaBirthdate: February 14, 1784Life Story:On the contrary to her sister Alina, Rona was the exact opposite. Rona was described by the others as a loner, usually spending

her time alone writing poetry and literature about anything in particular. She was also nicknamed as The Girl with an UnpredictableCharacter because of her acclaimed alter ego. Because of this, Rona has adapted a reclusive attitude and tends to secludeherself from others, thinking that people are always going to judge her without knowing what her background really is. Some saidthat Rona would be anaphoric at times, meaning people would see her as a painstaking and annoying person because of herdeliberate repetition of stories that dont even make sense at all. Rona would sometimes perform impulsive actions repeatedlytowards people, making her a nuisance to any company she would have.When she is not in an anaphoric mood, Rona would undergo being a cataphoric person. This is when she doesnt want to getinvolved with anyone or anything, making her a boring and an uninterestingacquaintance. People would sometimes look at her as a pessimistic individual, creating problems thatdont even exist. Typically, Rona has a shy and an indecisive attitu de, making her always a person located behind the scenes atevery situation.Contribution:Despite of Ronas blurry past and timid nature, Rona has been able to produce works of poetry that made her obtain appreciati on

in the field of literature. As a result to this, literature critics and writers named a figure of speech after her, which is now identified asrepetition. Its the simple repeating of a word, within a sentence or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the words, inorder to provide emphasis.


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Name: Mystique MetonymyNickname: MimiBirthdate: September 1, 1563Life:Metonymy, fondly called as Mimi by her family and friends, is another famous persona from

the Greek civilization. She is well known as being the best substitute all around Greece duringher time. She is a very efficient worker, being able to do any work that there is even if it isfrom the simplest of household chores to the mechanical works of men. Besides her place inthis ancient society, she is also popular for her unique personality. She does not say words ina simple way. In everything she says, you will find her using a term or a word that does notreally stand for what it is in the sentence like some sort of a symbol. This term that isseemingly misplaced is somehow related to the object or thing she is describing resulting toan artistic and unique way of saying everything she wants to say.

Contribution:

Mimi is now credited for being the mother of a figure of speech which is called metonymy.

Metonymy refers to a word or phrase that is used to stand in for another word. Sometimes ametonymy is chosen because it is a well-known characteristic of the word.

Name: Ellistico EuphemismNicknme: PhemyBirthdate: October 3, 1220

Origin: Rome, 13th centuryLife:

Ellistico Euphemism who is more commonly known as Phemy is a prominent figure who hadlived lives from both ends of the world during his time. Starting off his childhood as being theonly son of a very wealthy and political family, he grew up spoiled. He became very frank ineverything he says, not thinking of what others would feel. But this changed during the latterpart of his life. During the unfortunate turn of fate, his parents died unexpectedly bankrupt.He was left with nothing but a few coins, and a house which is mortgaged to a big bank. Withthis sudden strike of hardships, he had no choice but to lower himself down which resulted toa gradual change in his attitude. His offensive words became less egregious and he gainedmore friends than he ever thought he could.

Contribution:

As a prize for the change of heart in his little town, Ellistico Phemy Euphemism wasconsidered the father of a figure of speech called euphemism. The euphemism is asubstitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend orsuggest something unpleasant to the listener.


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Name: Alfred AllusionNickname: AlBirthdate: Nov. 12, 1465

Alfred was known as an insane child when he was young. Hetold unusual things out of the blue and muttered crazy

statements like The jungle is furious. He was never trustedby his classmates so he searched for a way to gain their trust.He studied hard and he graduated as a junior psychologist.But he was unable to pass the licensure examinations so hebecame a clairvoyant. He can see someones future, but canonly express it by prophecies. People need to interpret hisprophecy because of his continuous substitution of words. Heonce used the sinking of the ship to represent the death of achild and collection of garbage for forgiveness. He had asuccessful life because of his accuracy of foretelling thefuture.

Contribution: Allusions areused for indirect referencesespecially in literature. It iseither implied or directlystated.

Name: Sam SynecdocheNickname: SyneBirthdate: March 18, 1398Synecdoche was a child prodigy- he can master differentfields of science in a week, be skillful on art in days, andmemorize a book in hours. He studied medicine when he waseight and mastered engineering at the age of twelve. As anadult, he was adored by beautiful women, magnanimous

elders and educators. He is also a good-hearted man whoaims to help every person in need. The people depended onhim; they used his brains to solve mathematics problems, hishands to make marvelous sculptures and his feet to learndance steps. Time came that people call him by asking thepart they need, like Hey! I need the brain! and Lend me yourfeet. He was insulted and one of the days he committedsuicide, the dumbest thing he did.

Contribution: Synecdoche isused to represent a wholethrough its part or vice versa,a material for its thing made,or the species for the genus

and vice versa.

Contribution:Apostrophes are usedto address an absent ora usually personifiedthing rhetorically.


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