This document provides examples of different figures of speech from the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. It defines simile, metaphor, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, alliteration and personification. For each figure of speech, an example is given from the text to illustrate its use. The document suggests that Roald Dahl uses the book to convey a message about the dangers of greed, shown through the naughty behaviors of the golden ticket winning children.

1. FIGURES OF SPEECH
BOOK:CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Musfirah Kazim

2. Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory, children’s book by
Roald Dahl, first published
in 1964. It was perhaps the
most popular of his darkly
comic novels written for
young people and tells the
story of a destitute young
boy who wins a golden
ticket to tour the
mysterious and magical
chocolate factory of Willy
Wonka.
What is the main idea of the book?
Greed. Roald Dahl uses
a book about chocolate, the
ultimate indulgence, to relay a
message about the dangers of
greed. All four of the naughty
children are greedy in some
way: Augustus is a glutton;
Veruca is a spoiled brat; Violet
is greedy for gum, and Mike is
greedy for television.

3. FIGURE OF SPEECH
In common usage, a figure of speech is a word or phrase that means something more or something other than
it seems to say the opposite of a literal expression.
Some examples of common figures of speech include
the simile, metaphor, pun, personification, hyperbole.

4. SIMILE
A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things.
simile represent with the help of the words “like” or “as.”
In the book Charlie and the chocolate factory there is a simile which describe the grandparents of Charlie
“They were as shriveled as prunes, and as bony as skeletons”
Chapter no 2 page 9

5. HYPERBOLE
Hyperbole is when you use to exaggerate things what you mean or emphasize a point.
There is a example of hyperbole in the novel which says
“He would see other children eat chocolate every day. It was pure torture.”
This hyperbole describe about Charlie that he would see other children eating chocolate but unfortunately
he was unable to buy because he don’t have enough money.

6. METAPHOR
metaphor is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn't literally true, but helps explain an
idea.
There is an example of metaphor in a book which says
"How long could we allow this beast to gorge and guzzle, feed and feast?"
This particular metaphor is used in Augustus's song; comparing him to an animal, a beast, is the best way to describe
him, since he eats nonstop and without any sort of manners.

7. ONOMATOPOEIA
Onomatopoeia is when a word describes a sound and actually
mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to when it is
spoken.
There is an example of onomatopoeia in novel which says
“ he threw his arm in the air and yelled “yippee”
Strange whizzing
sounds coming from
deep inside it.

8. ALLITERATION
Alliteration is the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words
or syllables.
In a novel there is an example which describes alliteration
“Great flabby folds of fat”
These lines describes about Augustus Gloop

9. PERSONIFICATION
Personification is when you give an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have.
Example from novel;
The smoke belching from the chimneys
Belching is commonly known as burping. It is a body's way of expelling excess air.

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