Creative Writing

1. Figures of Speech

8. Types of Figures of Speech
 A Simile, a comparison is made between two
objects of different kinds which have, however,
one point in common. The simile is usually
introduced by words as like, as or.
Examples:
 You were as brave as a lion.
 They fought like cats and dogs.
 He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys.

10.  A Metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison
between two non-similar things.
 Examples
 The camel is a ship of the desert.
 The kids were just bowls of ice cream melting in the sun.
 America is a melting pot.
 Her lovely voice was music to his ears.
 The world is a stage.
 My kid's room is a disaster area because he refuses to clean it up.

11.  Personification is a figure of speech in which an
idea or thing is given human attributes and/or
feelings or is spoken of as if it were human.
Examples:
 Lightning danced across the sky.
 The wind howled in the night.
 The car complained as the key was roughly turned
in its ignition.

12.  Apostrophe is a figure of speech and literary device
in which an entity that is not present is addressed by
a speaker in a literary work.
 Apostrophe - when a character in a literary work
speaks to an object, an idea, or someone who
doesn't exist as if it is a living person.
Examples:
 “Oh, coffee, my sweet dark coffee. What would I do
without you?”
 “Please, please clouds. Don’t rain today.”
 “Let Hades come to me and swallow me whole.”

13.  Hyperbole, from a Greek word meaning 'excess', is a
figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration to
make a point or show emphasis.
 This bicycle is a thousand years old.
 He snores louder than a cargo train.
 My dog only has cat friends.

14.  Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech in which words evoke the actual sound
of the thing they refer to or describe. The “boom” of a firework exploding,
the “tick tock” of a clock, and the “ding dong” of a doorbell are all examples
of onomatopoeia.
 Examples:
 Bees busily buzz as they fly from flower to flower.
 The butterflies flutter as they take flight.
 You could hear the distinct awoooo of the wolves howling at the night.
 The caw of the crows was hard to miss.

15.  Ducks quacked loudly as they swam across the pond.
 Morning chirps of the birds are loudest.
 The frog ribbited as it jumped into the pond.
 He is drowning in his tears.
 His brain is the size of a pea.
 Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.
 My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.
 “Why do you have to be such a pain, math?”
 “Shoes, my beautiful new shoes. You’ll look great with my black plaid skirt.”
 Life is a rollercoaster.
 Their home was a prison.
 Her heart is a cold iron.
 Your explanation is as clear as mud.
 Watching the show was like watching grass grow.
 This house is as clean as a whistle.
 He is as strong as an ox.

16. Identify the figure of speech used in each sentence below.
1. Ducks quacked loudly as they swam across the pond.
2. Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.
3. Her heart is a cold iron.
4. “Why do you have to be such a pain, math?”
5. My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.
6. “Why do you have to be such a pain, math?”
7. The frog ribbited as it jumped into the pond.
8. He is as strong as an ox.
9. Morning chirps of the birds are loudest.
10. Life is a rollercoaster.

17. References:
 https://www.slideshare.net/ebinrobinson/figures-of-speech-55284676
 https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-onomatopoeia-in-
nature.html