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The document discusses figures of speech, which are literary devices that enhance language through non-literal uses of words and phrases. It provides examples of several common figures of speech, including similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, oxymorons, hyperboles, and onomatopoeia. Each of these figures of speech is then defined and an example is given to illustrate how that particular figure of speech works.

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Figures of Speech are literary devices that enhances the expressive use of
language. They use words or phrases in a non-literal way to create an effect.
The term covers a wide range of devices, techniques, and other forms of figurative
language.
A few of them are: o Hyperbole
o Simile o Oxymoron
o Metaphor o Onomatopoeia
o Personification
o Alliteration
Seven Types of Figurative
Language
 Simile
 Hyperbole
 Alliteration
 Metaphor
 Personification
 Onomatopoeia
 Oxymoron
Simile
 comparing two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”.

Her eyes were like stars.

Susan is as gentle as a
kitten.
 Life is like a box of chocolates.
 Lois moved across the room like a warship sailing into battle.
 He runs as fast as lightning.
 She’s as sweet as honey.
 You sing like an angel.
Similes are great for authors, public speakers, and people who want to make their writing
as exciting as a spontaneous show of fireworks.

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I am hungry as a horse.

You run like a rabbit.

                                                                          
                                                      

She is happy as a clam.

He is sneaky as a snake.
Metaphor
 comparing two unlike things without using like or as. Calling one
thing, another. Saying one thing is something else.

He’s a lion when he fights.

Her eyes were sparkling


emeralds.

My love is a red, red


rose.
The road was a ribbon wrapped
through the desert.

The clown was a feather floating away.


 All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances.
- William Shakespeare
 Chaos is a friend of mine.
- Bob Dylan
- It’s been a real circus at home since Mom went on vacation.

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 Metaphors show up in literature, poetry,
music, and writing, and also in speech. If you
hear someone say “metaphorically speaking,”
it probably means that you shouldn’t take
what they said as the truth, but as more of an
idea.

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 Life is like a box of chocolates. (Simile)
 My life is an open book. (Metaphor)
 That baby is as cute as a button! (Simile)
 You are a sly fox. (Metaphor)

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Personification

 Giving human characteristics to things that are not human.

The angry flood waters


slapped the house.

The sun smiled down on us.


The flowers danced in the wind.

  The friendly gates welcomed


                                                           

us.

The hurricane’s winds are yelling while


blowing outside my window.
 The tree waved at me in the wind.

 The hair on my arms stood after the performance.

 The wind is whispering outside.

 The picture says a lot about the artist’s intentions.

 The sun kissed my cheeks when I went outside.

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Personification demonstrates a high


level of creativity. 
Many poets rely on personification to
create vivid imagery and
memorable symbolism.
“The sea was angry that day, like an old man trying to send back soup in a

deli.” (Seinfeld television series)

   “Life moves pretty fast.” (movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”)

   “The Heart wants what it wants. (Emily Dickinson)

   “Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.” (“The Giving Tree” by

Shel Silverstein)

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Alliteration
 the repeating of the same letter or sound, especially consonant
sounds….including tongue twisters.

Miss Warren was worried


when Wendy was waiting.

Rubber baby buggy bumpers.

Peter Piper picked a peck of


pickled peppers.
Alliteration in Poetry
A flea and a fly in a flue
Were imprisoned, so what could they do?
Said the fly, “Let us flee!”
“Let us fly,” said the flea;
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
Hyperbole
 an exaggeration so dramatic, no one could believe it; overstate to
emphasize a point.

This bag weighs a ton!

I’ve told you a million


times to clean up your
room!
Onomatopoeia
 the use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound made by an
object or action. Words that sound like what they mean.

tweet,
pow zoom tweet

buzz
hiss
Oxymoron
words or phrases in which contradictory or opposite terms are used
together

baby grand

jumbo shrimp act naturally

adult child

climb down
Personification, simile, metaphor,
oxymoron, hyperbole, alliteration,
or onomatopoeia???
1. The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with
snowflakes.
2. The west wind dances down the road.
3. A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.
4. The band played to a small crowd at the concert.
5. She’s as tiny as a mouse.
6. Her blonde hair shined like the sun.
7. Susan suddenly stretched slowly.
KEY: Personification, simile, metaphor,
oxymoron, hyperbole, alliteration,
or onomatopoeia???
1. The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with
snowflakes. simile

2. The west wind dances down the road. personification

3. A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.


metaphor
4. The band played to a small crowd at the concert.
5. She’s as tiny as a mouse.
oxymoron
6. Her blonde hair shined like the sun.
simile
7. Susan suddenly stretched slowly.
simile

alliteration
 Let’s Play a Game!!!!

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
SCAVENGER HUNT
Your mission is to correctly identify
figurative language found within the
following literary works.
THANK YOU!
DEVIKA S

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