Casero, Elmira Mae Cortez, Darlene Joyce BSED 3G

1. Prepared by:
CASERO, Elmira Mae R.
CORTEZ, Darlene Joyce L.

2. WHAT IS FIGURE OF
SPEECH?
It is a word or phrase used in
non-literal sense for rhetorical
or vivid effect.

3. EXAMPLES OF FIGURES OF SPEECH

4. ANOTHER EXAMPLE:

5. TYPES OF
FIGURES OF
SPEECH
SIMILE
METAPHOR
HYPERBOLE
PERSONIFICATION
APOSTROPHE
OXYMORON
IRONY
ONOMATOPOEIA
Alliteration
METONYMY

6. Comparing two unlike
things that is often
introduced by like or
as.

7. EXAMPLE:
As
mean as
a snake.

8. A comparison of one
thing to another
without using the word
“like” or “as”.

9. A duck out of water.
EXAMPLE:

10. The occurrence of the same
letter/sound at the beginning
of the closely connected
words.

11. Example:

12. “
The speaker speaks to
someone who is not
present or inanimate
objects.

13. EXAMPLE:

14. Usually humorous
expression in
which you say the
opposite of what
you intend.

15. EXAMPLE:

16. The formation of the
word from a sound
associated with what it
named.

17. EXAMPLE:

18. Exaggerated statements
or feelings not meant to
be taken literally.

19. EXAMPLE:

20. A figure of speech
which apparently
contradictory terms
appear in
conjunction.

21. EXAMPLE:

22. A word or phrase
that is used to stand
in for another word.

23. EXAMPLE:

24. A figure of speech in
which a thing- an idea or
an animal- is given human
attributes.

25. EXAMPLE:

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