Figure of speech

SIMILE- a comparison of two dissimilar things it uses the

expression like and as.
Examples:
1.He walk’s like a turtle.
2.She was busy as a bee.

METAPHOR- it is compared to something not literally possible.

Examples:
1.Your brain is a computer.
2.The sun is a golden ball.

PERSONIFICATION- an animal or intimate object is represented

having human attributes.
Examples:
1.Time flies when you are having fun.
2.My plants were begging for water.
ALLITERATION- repititionof the same initial consonant sounds
in rhymes and poems.
Exampless:
1.Sheep should sleep in a shed.
2.I saw a saw that could out saw any other saw I ever saw.

IRONY- it is the opposite meaning of what the words used

normally mean.
Examples:
1.A fire station burns down.
2.A pilot has a fear of hights.

ONOMATOPOEIA- it is a sound that derived from perso animal

and nature
Examples:
1.The owl hooted
2.the loud boom of the fireworks scared the dog.
ASSONANCE-it focuses on the repetition of similar vowel
sounds in the middle or end.
Examples:
1.The light of the fire is a sight
2.Go slow over the road

CONSONANCE-it focuses on the repetition of similar consonant

sounds in the middle or end of the words.
Examples:
1.The lint was sent with the tent.
2.I think I like the pink kite.
 PLURALIZATION OF RGULAR AND
IRREGULAR NOUNS

To make regular nouns plural,add –s to the end.

Examples:
1.vow-vows
2.cow-cows

If the noun ends in –s,-ss,-sh,-ch,-x,or-z,add –es to the end to

make it plural.
Examples:
1.bus-buses
2.tax-taxes

If the noun ends in –f or –fe change it to –ves.

Examples:
1.wolf-wolves
2.shelf-shelves
If the noun ends in –y change it to –ies.
Examples:
1.city-cities
2.puppy-puppies

When the noun ends in vowel+y add –s

Examples:
1.boy-boys
2.holiday-holidays

When the noun ends in consonant+o add es.

Example:
1.tomato-tomatoes
2.hero-heroes

Many nouns came from latin it particular changes when

constructing the plurals is-es,us-i.
Examples: 1.basis-bases
2.cactus-cacti
Some plural nouns are formed by changing the vowels within
the singular form
Example:
1.man-men
2.tooth-teeth

There are some nouns that we need to add –ren or –en.

Examples:
1.Child-children
2.ox-oxen
Idiomatic expression