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A figure of speech is a word or phrase using
figurative language—language that has other
meaning than its normal definition. In other
words, figures of speeches rely on implied or
suggested meaning, rather than a dictionary
definition.
Types of figure of speech that shows
comparison:
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
A simile is a very common figure of speech
that uses the words “like” and “as” to
compare two things that are not related by
definition.
For example,
“he is as tall as a mountain”
“you are rough as a tree bark”
The metal was twisted like a ribbon.
He’s like a flagpole.
She is sweet as candy.
I like pizza. ( ?)
Watching the show was like watching grass
grow.
❑The woman is as cold as an ice cream.
❑She is sweet like an ice cream.
❑She melts like an ice cream.
❑Jhon Wick is as brave as a lion.
❑ He fear not enemy like a lion.
Metaphor is a comparison of two unrelated
object without using “like” or “as”.
-metaphors use figurative language to
make comparisons between unrelated things
or ideas.
For example:
Men are dogs.
Amanda has a stone heart.
•I can hear the drowning of raindrops on the
roof.
• Her lovely voice was music to his ears.
• My kid's room is a disaster area.
• Humans life is a rollercoaster.
Personification- the attribution of a personal nature or
human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the
representation of an abstract quality in human form.
-When you speak of things as though they were
person, you are using personification. Personification is
giving human traits to objects of ideas.
For example:
The sunlight danced.
The smiling sun.
The flower dancing in the breeze.
• My alarm yelled at me this morning.
• I like onions, but they don’t like me.
• That bus is driving too fast.
• I wanted to get money, but the ATM died.
A. DIRECTION: Identify the type of figure of speech used in the following sentences. Choose you answer from the
box.
SIMILE METAPHOR PERSONIFICATION

1. My heart is like an open highway.

2. It’s late night but still I’ve been working like a cow.
3. The chainsaw growled loudly.
4. My cat is bolt of lightning.
5. The lonely train whistle cried out in the night.
6. She is as fast as a cheetah!
7. The angry clouds marched across the sky.
8. The stubborn dense fog swallowed us.
9. She is as black as coal.
10. This test is a piece of cake.
B. Identify the type of figure of speech used in the phrases below
and use it on your own sentence.
1. Roar of the wind
2. Gurgling like a baby