English 'Figure of Speech' Presentation

1. Presented by:
BONGEKILE C.
HLATSHWAYO
(217042364)

2. What is a
Figure of
Speech?
A figure of speech is the figurative
language form of expression used to
analyse and make literature reading
interesting.
A figure of speech is essentially a word
or phrase used in a non – literal sense
for rhetorical or vivid effect.
Literal language describes exactly
appears and avoids exaggeration. For
example: The sky is blue. The
sentence emphasises exactly what is
visible.
Figurative language makes use of
exaggeration or figures of speech to
describe what is happening. There is a
deeper meaning hidden in the words
and needs analysis. For example:
Instead of saying you need someone to
who listens to your problems,
figuratively an individual could say that
you need a shoulder to cry on..

3. Continuation
• In South Africa, it is prominent that educators have pedagogical
content knowledge that makes learners develop essential critical
skills of thinking, reading and writing.
• The figures of speech when explain clearly, can inspire learners that
are future authors of how the narration of their stories can be
fascinating through the inclusion of different expression of words.
The teacher can assess if learners understand the content through
essay writing and see if these expressions are integrated correctly.
• Figures of speech are used in novels, poetry and require thorough
reading and understanding of the content to develop their actual
interpretations.

4. Types of Figures of Speech

5. SIMILE
 A simile is a stated comparison
usually formed with the use of “like”
or “as” between two fundamentally
dissimilar objects that have certain
qualities in common.
 For example: This pizza is as cold
as ice.
The coldness of the pizza is
compared to ice

6. METAPHOR
o A metaphor is an implied
comparison between two
dissimilar things that have
something in common but
without the use of “like” or “as”.
o For example: A good laugh is
sunshine in a house
o A good laugh is compared to
sunshine by saying that it is
sunshine (laugh = sunshine).

7. PERSONIFICATION
 Personification is a figure of
speech in which human
characteristics or qualities are
used in animals, ideas or
objects.
 For example: The tree bowed
and waved to me in the wind
 The tree is being personified
because it is given human
characteristics of bowing and
waving.

9. HYPERBOLE
• This is a figure of speech
in which an exaggeration
or overstatement
is used to illustrate a point.
• For example: I am so
hungry I could eat a horse!
• This exaggerated image
painted on our minds
simply means that the
person is extremely
hungry

10. EUPHEMISM
 Euphemism consists in the
description of a disagreeable
thing by an agreeable name.
 For example: You are telling
me a fairy tale. This actually
means that a person is lying to
you.

11. ONOMATOPOEIA
 An onomatopoeia is a word
that imitates the sounds it
represents
 For example: the boom of the
explosion

13. Activity: Test
your knowledge
1.
He clattered and clanged as he
washed the dishes
a) Simile
b) Onomatopoeia
c) Hyperbole

14. 2.
Life is a beach!
a) Metaphor
b) Personification
c) Simile

15. 3. The following sentence
contains two figures of speech
The sun smiled shyly
a) Alliteration
b) Euphemism
c) Personification

16. 4.
She is as fat as a pig!
a) Onomatopoeia
b) Hyperbole
c) Simile

17. 5.
Which idiom expression below
means that there is heavy
rainfall?
a) The umbrella is in the
wind.
b) Dogs and cats are dancing
on the rain.
c) It is raining cats and dogs!

18. 6.
I have heard that joke a million
times but is still makes me laugh
a) Irony
b) Hyperbole
c) Metaphor

19. ANSWERS OF THE ACTIVITY
• 1. B
• 2. A
• 3. A & C
• 4. C
• 5. C
• 6. B

20. References
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