This document defines and provides examples of common types of figurative language, including simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and imagery. It explains that figurative language uses words in a non-literal sense to stimulate the imagination. Similes explicitly compare two unlike things using words like "like" or "as." Metaphors implicitly compare two unlike things. Personification gives human attributes to non-human objects. Hyperbole exaggerates for emphasis. Imagery uses vivid descriptions to create mental images.

1. Prepared by: James Daniel S. Bigaw
BSE 3A -ENG
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2. Definition:
 An Expression using words in non literal sense or using
manner; It is sometimes termed as rhetorical device or
elocution departing from straightforward language.
Figurative Language:
 Gives extra dimension to the language by stimulating
the imagination and evoking visual and sensual
imagery, while painting picture in words.
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3. SIMILE METAPHOR
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PERSONIFICATION HYPERBOLE
IMAGERY
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4. Simile:
 Is a figure of speech which makes a comparison
between two unlike elements having at least one
quality or characteristics in common. The comparison
is made explicit by the use of some such word or
phrase as like, as, than, similar to
resembles, appears, or seems.
 Ex. “Death lies on her, like an ultimately frost”
(William Shakespeare)
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Metaphor:
 Is a figure of speech in which an implicit
comparison is made between two things usually
unlike. It doesn’t use connective words such as like or
as.
 Ex: “All the world’s a stage” (William Shakespeare)
Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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Personification:
 Is a figure of speech in which human attributes
are given to an animal, an object, or a concept.
 Ex: The window winked at me.
Love enfolded us in her arms.
Necklace is a friend.
The rain danced on the roof.
The sun smiled down on the playground.

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Hyperbole:
 Is a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used
for emphasis or effect.
 Ex: I could sleep for a year.
This books weights a ton. “He is a big as a house”!

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Imagery:
 A vivid description, in speech or writing, that
produces mental images. The image produced can be
an emotion, a sensation, or a visual picture.