1. FIGURES of SPEECHFIGURES of SPEECH
SimileSimile – a comparison between two things using like or as
Stephen is as tall as a tree.
The McElroy’s yard is like a
playground.
2. MetaphorMetaphor – an implied comparison; metaphors do not
use like or as. A metaphor often compares an abstract
concept with something concrete.
Jake is a tiger on the football
field. Have you lost your marbles?
3. Fame is a bee
It has a song –
It has a sting –
Ah, too, it has a wing.
- Emily Dickinson
4. It has a song…
Fame is a bee
It has a
sting . . .
Ah, too, it has a wing.
6. The road is shiny in the moonlight. (no figure of speech)
•The road is like a silver ribbon
in the moonlight.
(simile)
•The slick road is a mirror
reflecting the moonlight. (metaphor)
•The road wandered aimlessly
beneath the silver moon.
(personification)
7. AlliterationAlliteration – the repetition of the initial (beginning) sounds of words
* She sells seashells by the seashore.
* Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
OnomatopoeiaOnomatopoeia – the use of words that imitate sounds
* The buzz of the bees was loudest near the hive.
* The kernels popped in the microwave.
HyperboleHyperbole – The use of exaggeration to create humor or show emphasis.
* I have a ton of homework.
* That dress is 50 times too big for you.
**Any figure of speech that is overused is called a cliché