FIGURES OF SPEECH

Simile
My love for you is a deep as the ocean.
People at the over pass walk as slow as
a snail.
Im unlike a demon.
Metaphor
You are my sunshine.
He has a heart of gold.
His head was spinning with ideas.
Personification
The sun kissed the flowers.
I could hear Paris calling my name.
Apostrophe
Oh, Rain, how long will you fall upon
me?
God help me!
Paradox
I always lie.
Im nobody.
Dark knows daylight.
Allusion
Dont act like a Romeo in front of her.
He can scale any structure as if he
were Spider-man.
Irony
A ninety-eight year old man won the
lottery and died the next day.
Marriage is the leading cause of
divorce.
A man died in his living room!


Hyperbole
I have million things to do.
I had a ton of homework.
Her smile was a mile wide.
Understatement
We have had a little rain. (entire area is
flooded)
It is a bit cold today. (Temperature)
Oxymoron
Living dead
Big baby
Handsome boy
Current history
Symbol
I will call you, for light of the world.
You are the darkness of my night.
Metonymy
Let me give you a hand.
He is a man of cloth.
He writes a fine hand.
Synecdoche
Lend me your ears.
Give us our daily bread.
All hands on deck
Antithesis
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a
real thing.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
You're easy on the eyes, hard on the
heart.
MALLARI, RUSSEL RAAY Y.
AR 1232