A figure of speech is a creative use of language to generate an effect.

Simile - compares two dissimilar things using “like” or “as.” 

1. She was as red as a tomato.
2. They fought like cats and dogs.

Metaphor – directly refers to one thing by mentioning another (it does not use the words “like” and “as”
1. Time is money.
2. Life is a box of chocolate.

Personification – assigning human attributes to nonhuman things

1. The trees danced in the wind.
2. The sun happily greeted everyone “good morning.”

Hyperbole - a deliberate exaggeration that adds emphasis, urgency, or excitement to a statement.

1. I’ve told you a million times.
2. I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

Onomatopoeia – words are used to imitate sounds

Buzz, honk, zip, fizz, ding dong, splash

Irony – a person is saying the opposite of what he means in order to express humor, frustration, anger, or
sarcasm.
1. This is my brilliant son who failed out of college.
2. The thieves robbed the police station.

Euphemism – to substitute a word or phrase with a more pleasant one to be less offensive or disturbing
1. Passed away (instead of died)
2. Underprivileged (instead of poor)

Activity:
1. My mom is as busy as the bee.
2. The lightning danced across the sky.
3. The soldiers fought like a lion.
4. Experience is the best teacher.
5. I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
6. Whooshhh
7. You are my sunshine.
8. Our boss, the owner of a big construction firm, cannot fix his house’s broken ceiling.
9. The sun is playing hide and seek with the clouds.
10. He’s not a liar, he’s “creative with the truth.”
11. You’re not old; you’re “over the hill.”
12. Time flies when you’re having fun.
13. He was as cool as a cucumber.
14. She eats like a pig.
15. The classroom was a zoo.

A figure of speech is a creative use of language to generate an effect.

Simile - compares two dissimilar things using “like” or “as.” 

1. She was as red as a tomato.
2. They fought like cats and dogs.

Metaphor – directly refers to one thing by mentioning another (it does not use the words “like” and “as”
1. Time is money.
2. Life is a box of chocolate.

Personification – assigning human attributes to nonhuman things

1. The trees danced in the wind.
 2. The sun happily greeted everyone “good morning.”

Hyperbole - a deliberate exaggeration that adds emphasis, urgency, or excitement to a statement.

1. I’ve told you a million times.
2. I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

Onomatopoeia – words are used to imitate sounds

Buzz, honk, zip, fizz, ding dong, splash

Irony – a person is saying the opposite of what he means in order to express humor, frustration, anger, or
sarcasm.
1. This is my brilliant son who failed out of college.
2. The thieves robbed the police station.

Euphemism – to substitute a word or phrase with a more pleasant one to be less offensive or disturbing
1. Passed away (instead of died)
2. Underprivileged (instead of poor)
Activity:
1. My mom is as busy as the bee.
2. The lightning danced across the sky.
3. The soldiers fought like a lion.
4. Experience is the best teacher.
5. I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
6. Whooshhh
7. You are my sunshine.
8. Our boss, the owner of a big construction firm, cannot fix his house’s broken ceiling.
9. The sun is playing hide and seek with the clouds.
10. He’s not a liar, he’s “creative with the truth.”
11. You’re not old; you’re “over the hill.”
12. Time flies when you’re having fun.
13. He was as cool as a cucumber.
14. She eats like a pig.
15. The classroom was a zoo.