FIGURES OF SPEECH

Figures of Speech

-are a type of figurative

language used by writers to lend
texture and color to ordinary
words, phrases or sentences.
1. Simile- is a comparison of two unlike things
or ideas using the words “as” and “like”.

Examples:

Doing this project is as easy as

falling off a log.

Life is like a box of chocolates.

2. Metaphor- is a comparison of two
unlike things or ideas.

Examples:

I am titanium.
Love is a battlefield.
3. Personification- giving life to
inanimate objects.

Examples:

“ The stars danced playfully in the

moonlit sky.”

“Ilocos is calling my name.”

4. Hyperbole- is an exaggerated
statement employing inflated
language.

Examples:

“ This heat I mutter. Melts the very

bones.” (Merlie M. Alunan, "Young Man in a
Jeepney")

“I’ll love you till china and africa meet.”

5. Paradox- is a seemingly
contradictory statement that turns out
to be partly true.
Examples:

“All animals are equal, but some are

more equal than others” (George Orwell,
Animal Farm)

“I must be cruel, only to be kind.”

(Shakespeare,Hamlet)
6. Allusion- is a reference to a person, place or
thing outside the confines of a literary piece.
Examples:

“Chocolate was her Achilles’ heel.”

“This place is like Garden of

Eden.”
7. Synecdoche- can be a part that is
used to suggest the whole or that of the
whole for a part.

Examples:

“The world is not treating me well.”

“The arrow struck me.”

8. Irony- is the use of language which
when taken literally, expresses the contrary
of what is meant.

Examples:

“ Oh great! Now, you have broken my

camera.”

“ Wow, you could win an award for

cleanliness.”
 What is the essence of
figures of speech in
literary contexts such as
in songs, movies, novels
etc.?
Determine the figure of speech used in each
sentence.

1.He was a real Romeo with the ladies.

2.You can save money by spending it.
3.Time is a thief.
4.I had to wait in the station for ten days – an
eternity.
5.No man is an island.
6.She is as fast as a cheetah!
7.I’m so glad that you lost my calculator, Daniel.
8.Let me give you a hand.
9.The news took me by surprise.
10.The Philippines won its 4th Miss Universe crown.
Assignment:

Choose five (5) figures of speech

and construct a four (4) stanza
poem, four (4) lines each, about
love. Put your own title and place
it on a whole sheet of paper.