Figures of Speech

2. Applying human traits to animals
and things or ideas.

3. Comparison of
characteristics of two
different things using
like or as.
The stock market is
like a roller coaster
ride--up and down.

5. My best friend
was a
backstabber.
He told my
girl friend I
had been fired
from my job.

6. No man is
an island.
Metaphor

7. A repetition of
initial consonant
sounds.

8. If Peter Piper
picked a peck
of pickled
peppers, how
many pickled
peppers did
Peter Piper
pick?
Alliteration

9. Gross
exaggeration

10. Words
written like
the sound
they make.

12. Words used
that have a
different
meaning than
the literal
meaning.
“ You can’t tell a book by
its cover.” Meaning: You
can’t know a person by
their looks alone.

13. “live out of a
suitcase”
meaning
traveling all
the time.

14. “had a
ball”
meaning
had a
good time

15. “I’ll cross that bridge
when I come to it.”
Meaning: I’ll deal
with that when the
time comes.
“Don’t burn your
bridges.”
Meaning: Don’t
alienate people that
can help you, or don’t
cut off your
connections to
opportunities.

16. Example: I was late because I was
caught in a traffic jam.