Genealogists and Historians:

Oella Mari Cabangon Gabrielle Anne De Ocampo Czarina Francesca Carino Kathleen Ivy Mendoza

IV-Moseley
Kamylle Consebido Felix Nathaniel Elamparo Leonides Frago William Austin Gaspi

 Comparison Family Contradiction Family Sounds Family Symbols Family *Chiasmus

Comparison family

This clan is known for being very similar in physical features and behavior, but as they say, no two people are alike.

Name: Selino Simile Nickname: Simsimi Birthdate: July 16, 1785 Life: Simile was from a farmers family. His parents were poor and were always struggling to survive. But when Simile was born, the family gained happiness. Even though they worked all day long, their stress and exhaustion were covered by Similes laughs and smiles. When he started to school, he had 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 high school. 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 and richest in his community. With his money, he bought luxurious cars, houses and he used it to abuse the people in the lower class. When he saw his servants doing mistakes, he scolded them and compared them to an object because on his sight, his workers were just paid objects to fulfill his needs. He once said that in this world, all could be paid by his money and he once told his servants that they were like machines thay by just greasing with money all of them would function. But then, he found the person that would love him. Her name was Melanie Metaphor. They have developed a relationship 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 his life transformation, he met another woman. She was Perfecta Personification. They had a child named Halle Hyperbole. Contribution: One of the figures of speech was named after him. It was simile. Simile is a figure of speech that shows comparison between two dissimilar things that have the same qualities using like or as. Name: Melanie Metaphor Nickname: Tappy Birthdate: December 17, 1787 Life: Melanie Metaphor came from a family of royalty. She was a daughter of the cousin of the duchess of Slovakia. She was a very beautiful and wise woman but deep inside, it was the exact opposite of the outside. 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 as if they were animals. She once said that her maids were just cats in her mansion that they would eat the leftovers of what her family has eaten. With her feelings, she expressed them directly. She did not want anybody to disturb her and she said that she must be always right that all of what she were saying were the right things to follow. When Haley Hyperbole was born, Melanie Metaphor acquired a serious disease 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 that possess the same qualities.

Name: Halle Hyperbole Nickname: Hippy Birthdate: August 3, 1813 Life: 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 of five, he was diagnosed with ADHD. This caused Hippy to be very active that everything, his senses, his movement, was exaggerated. Their maids couldn't even last a week because they can't take his behavior, so his family always hires new maids every once in a while. Having a condition like this, he was forced by his family to stay in the house for the sake of his protection. Contribution: He was known for being exaggerated, so a figure of speech was named after him. Hyperbole is a figure of speech that uses exaggerated expressions for a particular object or event. An example is "mile-high ice cream cones".

Name: Conchita Conceit Nickname: Conchie Birthdate: January 18, 1809 Life: Conchie was the daughter of Selino and Melanie. However, her mother died when she was born so she grew up yearning for a mother. Because of this, she obtained a disorder called "matriarchal disorder". This made Conchie turn into someone like her mother. Her actions depicted the similarities between the two of them. Conchie expressed herself directly but in a more elaborate and 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 more elaborate and strained. So, a figure of speech was named after her. Conceit is a figure of speech that is an elaborated metaphor.

Name: Petunia Personification Nickname: Pia Birthdate: circa 1788 Life: Accounts claim that Petunia, or who is known as Pia to the village people, is a friendly mythical creature who was there wandering around a small southern Grecian town even before their ancestors settled in that area. It was said that Petunia never ages, and her only weakness is 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 which are other mythological creatures said to possess the ability to transform from one creatures form to another. Shape shifters usually shift from a body of one animal to another, but in Pias case, 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 humanistic abilities through the inanimate objects. Time passed, and people started to forget about poor Pia. Until one day, she was not seen any more by the elders of the village which were her friends. No one knows what happened to her upto this day. Contribution:

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.

CONTRADICTION FAMILY
They all suffer bipolar diseases and they live together as a family of profound philosophers. They always seem vague but they are

OXYMO RON

PARAD OX

ANTITH ESIS

UNDERSTATEMENT

LITOT IRON ES Y

Name: Ozzy Oxymoron Nickname: 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 that apparently contradicts itself and yet might be true.

Name: Annie Antithesis Nickname: Thesis Birthdate: 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: Antithesis is 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: Lito Litotes Nickname: 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 midlevel, 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: 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: 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.

SOUNDS family

Onomatop oeia

Assona nce

consonance

alliteratio n

repetitio 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, this family enjoys rhythmic and similar patterns. They believe with utmost faith that "Music will heal the heart".

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 would get 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.

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

Name: Alina Alliteration Nickname: Alli Birthdate: April 16, 1786 Life Story: Since childhood, Alliteration is considered as the gifted child among her family. Her love towards music was discovered by her mother, Onomatopoeia, at the age of six, when she sang different nursery rhymes for pleasure. She also learned 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 to Broadway for her vocal and acting lessons, leading her to join various singing contests. Despite a number of failed attempts, Alina finally won a local talent competition by singing her own rendition of the song The Green Green Grass of 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. She would always put her singing career first before anything, making her friends only an option and a second choice. Alina was 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 lyrical approach. She uses the repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of her words or in stressed syllables, the reason 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.

Name: Ronella Repetition Nickname: Rona Birthdate: February 14, 1784 Life 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 Unpredictable Character because of her acclaimed alter ego. Because of this, Rona has adapted a reclusive attitude and tends to seclude herself from others, thinking that people are always going to judge her without knowing what her background really is. Some said that Rona would be anaphoric at times, meaning people would see her as a painstaking and annoying person because of her deliberate repetition of stories that dont even make sense at all. Rona would sometimes perform impulsive actions repeatedly towards 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 get involved with anyone or anything, making her a boring and an uninteresting acquaintance. People would sometimes look at her as a pessimistic individual, creating problems that dont even exist. Typically, Rona has a shy and an indecisive attitu de, making her always a person located behind the scenes at every 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 as repetition. Its the simple repeating of a word, within a sentence or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the words, in order to provide emphasis.

Symbols
They often don't like their names (for some reason) and they love to act in their alter egos. These people enjoy nicknaming. This mutual love has brought together people of similar

Name: Mystique Metonymy Nickname: Mimi Birthdate: September 1, 1563 Life: 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 during her time. She is a very efficient worker, being able to do any work that there is even if it is from the simplest of household chores to the mechanical works of men. Besides her place in this ancient society, she is also popular for her unique personality. She does not say words in a simple way. In everything she says, you will find her using a term or a word that does not really stand for what it is in the sentence like some sort of a symbol. This term that is seemingly misplaced is somehow related to the object or thing she is describing resulting to an 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 a metonymy is chosen because it is a well-known characteristic of the word.

Name: Ellistico Euphemism Nicknme: Phemy Birthdate: October 3, 1220 Origin: Rome, 13th century Life: Ellistico Euphemism who is more commonly known as Phemy is a prominent figure who had lived lives from both ends of the world during his time. Starting off his childhood as being the only son of a very wealthy and political family, he grew up spoiled. He became very frank in everything he says, not thinking of what others would feel. But this changed during the latter part 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. With this sudden strike of hardships, he had no choice but to lower himself down which resulted to a gradual change in his attitude. His offensive words became less egregious and he gained more friends than he ever thought he could. Contribution: As a prize for the change of heart in his little town, Ellistico Phemy Euphemism was considered the father of a figure of speech called euphemism. The euphemism is a substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener.

Name: Alfred Allusion Nickname: Al Birthdate: Nov. 12, 1465 Alfred was known as an insane child when he was young. He told unusual things out of the blue and muttered crazy statements like The jungle is furious. He was never trusted by 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 he became a clairvoyant. He can see someones future, but can only express it by prophecies. People need to interpret his prophecy because of his continuous substitution of words. He once used the sinking of the ship to represent the death of a child and collection of garbage for forgiveness. He had a successful life because of his accuracy of foretelling the future.

Contribution: Allusions are used for indirect references especially in literature. It is either implied or directly stated.

Contribution: Synecdoche is used to represent a whole through its part or vice versa, a material for its thing made, or the species for the genus and vice versa.

Name: Sam Synecdoche Nickname: Syne Birthdate: March 18, 1398 Synecdoche was a child prodigy- he can master different fields of science in a week, be skillful on art in days, and memorize a book in hours. He studied medicine when he was eight and mastered engineering at the age of twelve. As an adult, he was adored by beautiful women, magnanimous elders and educators. He is also a good-hearted man who aims to help every person in need. The people depended on him; they used his brains to solve mathematics problems, his hands to make marvelous sculptures and his feet to learn dance steps. Time came that people call him by asking the part they need, like Hey! I need the brain! and Lend me your feet. He was insulted and one of the days he committed suicide, the dumbest thing he did.

Contribution: Apostrophes are used to address an absent or a usually personified thing rhetorically.