I.

Figures of Speech:
Simile
Two

things are explicitly compared by

using a marker such as the prepositions
like or as.

Her

eyes twinkled like stars.

He slithers like a snake.

Metaphor
Comparison

of two unlike things using

the verb to be and not using like or as
in a simile; a direct form of comparison.

All

the world's a stage, And all the men

and women merely players; They have
their exits and their entrances;
William Shakespeare

Euphemism

A mild word of phrase which substitutes for

another which would be undesirable because it
is too direct, unpleasant, or offensive

correctional

facility for prison

sanitation worker for garbage collector
adult entertainment for pornography

Hyperbole
It

is an exaggeration or overstatement.

These

books weigh a ton.

I could sleep for a year.

Irony
Incongruity

between what might be

expected and what actually occurs.

man who is a traffic cop gets his

license suspended for unpaid parking
tickets.

Metonymy
Is

substituting a word for another word

closely associated with it.

Malacaang

supports the bill.

Oxymoron
Is

putting
together

Deafening

two

silence
Living Dead

contradictory

words

Paradox
Reveals

a kind of truth which at first

seems contradictory

The

saviors come not home tonight;

Themselves they could not save;

Personification
Is

giving human qualities to animals or

objects

The

flowers were suffering from the

intense heat.

Synecdoche
A

figurative device in which the part

stands for the whole, and something
wider than the thing actually mentioned
is intended.

The

prisoner was placed behind bars.