Figures of Speech

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Examples
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Simile:

1. His voice sounds like a music to my ears.

2. The way he smiled at me was as charming as an angel.
3. He glanced at the lady as cold as an ice.

Metaphor:

1. Humans are pencil, they get stronger every time they encounter sharpening in life.
2. Babies are diamonds.
3. Life is a roller coaster.

Personification
1. The waves hit the sand.
2. The sun shines on the flowers.
3. The trees started moving when the wind blew.

Hyperbole
1. I'm ecstatic, I could fly to the sky.
2. I love him and I can give him all the stars at the sky to prove it.
3. Parents will give the world for their children.
Oxymoron

1. Shining black.
2. Defeaning silence.
3. Dim lights.

Irony

1. The river was dry due to El Nino.

2. Mr. Anton, the pulmonologist, has lung cancer.
3. The teacher told her student to stop her study because the schedule between her work and
school is complicated.

Allusion

1. He was a modern version of Dr. Jose P. Rizal, a genius man who loves to write.
2. She is the new version of Katipunera, a strong and brave woman.
3. He is the Einstein of this generation, a man with high IQ.

Onomatopoeia

1. The bees buzz buzz while roaming around the garden.

2. The gun bang bang loudly inside the room.

3. The telephone kring kring multiple times.

Paradox
1. More than one is many.
2. An ending is a new beginning.
3. Death is a new life.

Litotes

1. He is not narrow-minded.
2. The sea is not deep.
3. Our house is not near on school.

Euphemism
1. Mang Ramon's family is economically disadvantaged.
2. "We have to end our relationship, it's not you. It's me."
3. Her grandfather is already in heaven.

Alliteration
1. She should share her sherbert with her sister.
2. A shard of shrapnel shaved her shoulder blade.
3. The sheep were schlepping shyly by the shark tank.
Assonance
1. Tyger, Tyger burning bright in the forest of the night
2. He did not touch the shroud or raised the fold.
3. Saly sad she was mad.

Consonance
1. The string was strong.
2. She stood on the road and cried.
3. He struck a streak of bad luck.
Metonymy
1. He did not hesitate to give me a hand.
2. He always lend his ears whenever I need to vent out.
3. He gave me a pen with flowery words.
Synecdoche
1. She worked hard for the hungry mouths to feed.
2. The hired hands created the machines.
3. John got some wheels.
Antithesis
1. Keep your mouth close and your eyes open.
2. Money is the root of all evil: poverty is the fruit of all goodness.
3. Speech is silver, but silence is gold.
Chiasmus
1. My heart burned with anguish and my spine chilled when I found out he is cheating on
me.
2. I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
3. It's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice.