Through the use of figures of speech, the author makes significant the insignificant, makes seem less important the overemphasized, brings colour and light, insight, understanding and clarity.

1. Prepared by:
Divina dela Pena Ginete
BSED 3-G

2. A figure of speech is
a literary device in which
language is used in an
unusual—or "figured"—way in
order to produce a stylistic
effect.

4. SIMILE

5. A simile is a
description that uses
“like” or “as” to make
a comparison.

6. Examples:
Reason is to faith as the eye to
the telescope.
Ryan was white as a sheet after he
walked out of the horror movie.

7. METAPHOR

8. Metaphor is an implied
comparison between two
dissimilar things that have
something in common.

9. Examples:
The detective listened to her
tales with a wooden face.
Kisses are the flowers of love in
bloom.

10. PERSONIFICATION

11. Personification is a
figure of speech
where human
qualities are given to
objects or ideas.

12. Examples:
My alarm clock yells at me
every morning.
Lightning danced across the sky.

13. ALLITERATION

14. Alliteration is the
repetition of an initial
consonant sound.

15. Examples:
Round and round she ran until she
realized she was running round and round.
The big bad bear attacked all the
little bunnies in the forest.

16. ONOMATOPOEIA

18. Examples:
The clap of thunder went bang
and scared my poor dog.
My brother can burp the alphabet.

19. METONYMY

20. Metonymy is a figure of
speech that replaces
the name of a thing with
the name of something
else with which it is
closely associated.

21. Examples:
Soon, that corrupt Senator will be in
the big house. [Big house refers to
prison].
Don’t be addicted to the
bottle. [Bottle is a metonymy for
the word alcohol].

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