SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PATTAO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL-

MADDALERO EXTENSION

CREATIVE WRITING 12

QUARTER 1-MODULE 1
Imagery, Diction, Figures of Speech in Writing Sense Experience
LESSON 3 FIGURE OF SPEECH

Learning Essentials

Learning Competency
“The Learner uses imagery, diction, figures of speech, and
specific experiences to evoke meaningful responses from
readers” (HUMSS_CW/MP11/12-Ia-b-4).

Learning Objectives:
Retrieve figures of speech; interpret statements to the non-
literal meaning; and produce a memorable event in life
using the figures of speech with the proper diction and vivid
imagery.
 WHAT THE Directions: Tell whether the sentence has a Literal Meaning
LEARNER or has a Non Literal meaning.
KNOWS
Pretest

1. My grandmother is a dragon.
2. The front liners are real heroes.
3. Love is a decision to commitment.
4. Everyone eats to live and live to eat.
5. She bursts into laughter while watching TV.
 FIGURES OF SPEECH

• There are a lot of literally tools in the English language that we can
use to make our writings more creative.

• It enables us to write and understand sentences beyond the lines.

• Figures of speech refers to words or phrases which have a different

meaning from its literal or ordinary meanings.
 WHAT IS IT

Choosing words and phrases to suit the idea of the conveyed meaning is a
requisite of a good writing. The readers must see the images in mind the words
that come alive in descriptions. Moreover, a special effect in writing could be
achieved through the forms of expressions beyond the literal meaning of words
and phrases – figures of speech.

Figures of Speech play a vital role in creative writing in expressing ideas that
awakens the inner self of a reader but without interfering on the connotation.
 WHAT IS IT

SIMILE – comparison that uses the expressions “like” and “as”

Examples: The girl is as heavy as the table.

Shine bright like a diamond.

PERSONIFICATION – giving human qualities to inanimate or non-living objects

Examples: The wind whispers serenely through the silent time

The sun smiled down on us.
 WHAT IS IT

METAPHOR – indirectly compares two things that belong to different classes

Examples: You are the air that keeps me breathing.

Her eyes were diamonds.

HYPERBOLE - the deliberate exaggeration of a fact or truth for the sake of emphasis

Examples: I will die if you ask me to dance.

I’m so hungry that I could eat a horse.
 WHAT IS IT

ONOMATOPOEIA – a word that mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to

Examples: The buzzing bee flew towards the scared child.

Ding-dong for bell

METONYMY - the substitution or replacement of the name of a concrete object or thing

that is closely associated or connected with a word or concept for the word or concept itself.

Examples: Can I have a hand here?

You have my heart.
 WHAT IS IT

SYNECDOCHE - the use of a part of an object to represent a whole, or inversely naming a

whole to signify the part - similar with Metonymy to some extent but they are not the same at
all

Examples: His parents bought him a new set of wheels.

I ask for her hand last night.

ASSONANCE - the repetition of lines of verse of the same vowel sound

Examples: “…on a proud round cloud in white high night.”

The rain in Spain stays mainly on the road plain.
 WHAT IS IT

OXYMORON - combination of adjacent words that have meanings that are diametrically
opposite or contradictory

Example: Look at yourself in the mirror. Act naturally.

old news, open secret, small crowd, sweet sorrow

PARADOX - a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or even illogical but which

can actually be true

Examples: This is the beginning of the end.

If I know one thing, it’s that I know nothing.
APPLICATION

Write a 4-stanza poem. Use at least 8 figures of speech.

Underline and identify what figures of speech were
used.

-Ma’am HEIDI
 ASSESSMEN Directions: Select the figures of speech that
T describe the statement.
 

_____1. You are an angel to me.

a. apostrophe b. personification c. metaphor

_____2. There is a wish-wash of wind.

a. metaphor b. onomatopoeia c. simile

_____3. I have wheels in my dreams.

a. hyperbole b. synecdoche c. Metonymy
 ASSESSMEN Directions: Select the figures of speech that
T describe the statement.
 

_____4. The stage acts a life of its own.

a. metaphor b. oxymoron c. personification

_____5. Hey, Mr. DJ can you dance with my feet.

a. apostrophe b. personification c. hyperbole

_____6. The Diary of Anne Frank is an open-secret book.

a. assonance b. oxymoron c. paradox
 ASSESSMEN Directions: Select the figures of speech that
T describe the statement.
 

_____7. When one is in love, the person can move mountains.

a. hyperbole b. synecdoche c. onomatopoeia

_____8. I’ve told you a million times to wash the dishes

a. apostrophe b. hyperbole c. personification

_____9. Covid – 19 is like a demon seeping through the night.

a. metaphor b. simile c. personification

_____10. All of the girls are fighting for the crown.

a. Metonymy b. synecdoche c. onomatopoeia
CONGRATULATIONS for Completing
MODULE 1 of CREATIVE WRITING!
-Ma’am HEIDI