Figures of speech are used to produce special effects through creative language. There are several types of figures of speech including similes, metaphors, hyperboles, irony/sarcasm, and metonymy. Similes explicitly compare two things using like or as, metaphors make imaginative comparisons, and hyperboles exaggerate for effect. Irony and sarcasm imply the opposite of what is said, while metonymy represents one thing by something closely associated with it.

1. Figures of Speech

2. Figures of Speech
A figure of speech is a word, phrase or
sentence or paragraph which is used with the
intention of producing a special effect on the
listener or reader.
Figures of speech are often used and crafted
for emphasis, freshness, expression, or
clarity.

3. Types of Figures of
Speech
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Irony or Sarcasm
Metonymy

4. SIMILE
A simile is an expression in which
something is compared to something
else and the comparison is made
explicitly by the use of a function word
such as like or as.
He eats like a pig.

5. You are as pretty
as a picture.
My hands are
as cold as ice.

6. METAPHOR
Imaginative way of describing
something by referring to
something else which has the
qualities that you want to express.

7. Margaret Teacher is
made of iron
Tony is a rat.

8. HYPERBOLE
A hyperbole is an exaggerati
or overstateme on
an nt .

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His feet are as big as
boats!
I nearly died laughing!

10. IRONY OR
SARCASM
These figures of speech are used as
subtle forms of humor. They imply
saying the opposite of what we
really mean.

11. What a nice surprise! You’re late again.
I love when you snore all night.

12. METONYMY
It represents something else which it
suggests.
I want to be away from my books
for a while.

13. I bought fifty head of cattle.

14. THANK
YOU