C.

FIGURES OF SPEECH
 FIGURES OF SPEECH
A figure of speech is a creative use
of language to generate non-literal
sense for rhetorical or vivid effect.
Some figures of speech, like
metaphor, simile, and metonymy,
are found in everyday language.
 FIGURES OF SPEECH
The most common figures of speech
are simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia,
personification, apostrophe,
hyperbole, synecdoche, metonymy,
oxymoron, and paradox.
SIMILE
Comparison of two things by using the words
“like” and “as.”

1. MY STUDENTS ARE NOISY AS A BEE.

2. LOVE IS LIKE A ROSARY – FULL OF
MYSTERY.
METAPHOR
A DIRECT COMPARISON OF TWO
UNLIKE THINGS OR IDEAS.

1. SHE IS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT.

2. HIS TEETH IS A SNOW.
PERSONIFICATION
GIVES HUMAN-LIKE QUALITIES TO
INANIMATE OBJECTS OR IDEAS.

1. THE CITY SHIVERED IN COLD

2. THE FLOWERS ARE DANCING
GRACEFULLY.
SYNECDOCHE
USING A PART FOR THE WHOLE.

1. OUR DOOR IS OPEN FOR EVERYONE.

2. HEY BOYS! CHECK OUT MY NEW
WHEELS.
METONYMY
USING ANOTHER WORD WHICH IS CLEARLY
IDENTIFIABLE OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE
IDEA REFERRED TO.

1. IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE WILL DO

WHATEVER HOLLYWOOD SAYS IT’S COOL.
2. TELL ME ABOUT YOR FIRST DATE! I’M ALL
EARS.
HYPERBOLE
EXAGGERATION

1. I HAVE A TON OF HOMEWORK.

2. I’M SO HUNGRY I COULD EAT A
HORSE.
OXYMORON
USING CONTRADICTORY TERMS

1. Virtual reality.
2. Dark days.
UNDERSTATEMENT
MAKING THE SITUATION SEEM LESS
IMPORTANT OR SERIOUS THAN IT
REALLY IS.

1. UPON INJECTING, THE NURSE SAID,

“IT WILL STING A BIT.”
2. I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TEMPER.
PARADOX
A PHRASE OR STATEMENT THAT SEEMS
CONTRADICTORY BUT MAKES SOME
KIND OF SENSE.

1. YOU HAVE TO DIE TO LIVE.

2. DEEP DOWN, YOU ARE REALLY
SHALLOW.
IRONY
CONTRADICTORY OF WHAT IS SAID AND
WHAT IS REALLY MEANT. SARCASM.

1. THE EXPLANATION IS AS CLEAR AS A

MUD.
2. WHAT A GREAT IDEA. I LEARNED
SOMETHING NEW!