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    The document defines and provides examples of 11 different figures of speech: simile, personification, alliteration, metaphor, oxymoron, hyperbole, irony, antithesis, paradox, litotes, and pun. A simile directly compares two unlike things using like or as, a personification gives human qualities to non-human things, and alliteration repeats initial consonant sounds in words. The document also distinguishes between similes and metaphors and provides examples of each figure of speech.

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    SImile, Alliteration, Personifiaction

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    Figures of Speech:

    1. Simile: is a figure of speech in which two different things are compared, usually in a phrase
    introduced by ‘like’ or ‘as’.

    Examples of Similes

    • Laughs like a hyena


    • As agile as a monkey
    • As alike as two peas in a pod
    • As bald as a coot
    • As beautiful as nature
    • As big as a bus
    • As big as an elephant
    • As black as a sweep
    • As black as coal
    • Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep
    • As black as pitch
    • As blind as a bat
    • As blind as a mole
    • As bold as brass
    • As brave as a lion
    • They fought like cats and dogs.
    • As bright as a button
    • As bright as a new pin
    • As bright as day
    • As bright as the sun
    • As brown as a berry
    • As busy as a beaver
    • As busy as a bee
    • As calm as a millpond
    • As clear as a bell
    • As clean as a whistle
    • As clear as crystal
    • As clear as mud
    • As cold as ice
    • As common as dirt
    • As cool as a cucumber
    • As crazy as a loon
    • As cunning as a fox
    • As cute as a baby
    • As cute as a cup cake
    • As damp as the sponge
    • As dead as a doornail
    • Harvey's grin was as coiled as a rattler
    • As dead as the dodo
    • As deaf as a post
    • As delicate as a flower
    • His skin was as cold as ice.
    • As dense as a brick
    • As different as chalk from cheese
    • As drunk as a lord
    • As dry as a bone
    • As dry as dust
    • As dull as dishwater
    • As easy as ABC
    • As easy as pie
    • As fast as a race car
    • As fat as a hippo
    • My love is like a red, red rose
    • As fat as a pig
    • As fit as a fiddle
    • As flat as a pancake
    • As free as a bird
    • As fresh as a daisy
    • As funny as a balloon
    • As gentle as a lamb
    • As good as gold
    • As hairy as an ape
    • As happy as a clown
    • As happy as a lark
    • As happy as a rat with a gold tooth
    • As hard as nails
    • As hard as rock
    • As high as a kite
    • As hoarse as a crow
    • As hot as a fire cracker
    • As hot as hell
    • As hungry as a bear
    • As hungry as a wolf
    • As innocent as a lamb
    • As keen as mustard
    • As large as life
    • The snow was like a blanket
    • As light as a feather
    • As light as air
    • As likely as not
    • As loud as a lion
    • Watching the show was like watching paint dry
    • As lowly as a worm
    • As mad as a hatter
    • As mad as the march hare
    • As merry as a cricket
    • As modest as a maiden
    • As much use as a yard of pump water
    • As naked as a baby
    • As neat as a pin
    • As nutty as a fruitcake
    • As obstinate as a mule
    • As old as dirt
    • As old as the hills
    • As pale as death
    • As pale as a ghost
    • As patient as Job
    • As plain as day
    • As pleased as Punch
    • As poor as a church mouse
    • As poor as dirt
    • As pretty as a picture
    • As proud as a peacock
    • As pure as snow
    • The world is like a stage
    • she got a neck like a pipe
    • As pure as the driven snow
    • As quick as a wink
    • As quick as lightning
    • As quick as silver
    • As quiet as a mouse
    • As rich as gold
    • As right as rain
    • As round as a barrel
    • As round as a circle
    • As round as a sphere
    • As safe as houses
    • As sensitive as a flower
    • As sharp as a needle
    • As sick as a dog
    • As silent as the dead
    • As silent as the grave
    • As silly as a goose
    • As sleepy as a koala
    • Fits like a glove
    • Runs like a deer
    • Chatters like a monkey
    • Moves like a snail
    • Sits there like a bump on a log
    • As slippery as an eel
    • As slow as a snail
    • As slow as a tortoise
    • As slow as a turtle
    • As sly as a fox
    • As smart as an owl
    • As smooth as silk
    • As sober as a judge
    • As solid as a rock
    • As solid as the ground we stand on
    • As sound as a bell
    • As sour as vinegar
    • As steady as a rock
    • As sticky as jam
    • As stiff as a board
    • As still as death
    • As straight as an arrow
    • To drink like a fish
    • To soar like an eagle
    • To work like a dog
    • To smoke like a chimney
    • To eat like a bird
    • To eat like a horse
    • As strong as an ox
    • As stubborn as a mule
    • As sturdy as an oak
    • As sure as death and taxes
    • As sweet as honey
    • As tall as a giraffe
    • As tight as a drum
    • As thick as a brick
    • As thin as a toothpick
    • As timid as a rabbit
    • As tiny as a grain of sand
    • As tough as leather
    • As tough as nails
    • As tricky as a box of monkeys
    • As welcome as a dog in a game of skittles.
    • As white as a ghost
    • As white as a sheet
    • As white as snow
    • As wise as Solomon
    • As wise as an owl
    2. Personification: is a figure of speech in which human qualities are given to inanimate objects.

    Example: Fear knocked on the door. Faith answered. There was no one there.

    Some More Examples of Personification

    • The wind sang her mournful song through the falling leaves.
    • The microwave timer told me it was time to turn my TV dinner.
    • The video camera observed the whole scene.
    • The strawberries seemed to sing, "Eat me first!"
    • The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell.
    • The daffodils nodded their yellow heads at the walkers.
    • Stars bring me up with you, bring me to the place you sleep. How do you do it?
    • Bring me to your home. Bring your thoughts to me. Share them with me. - Alex
    • My computer hates me. The camera loves me.
    • Art is a jealous mistress.
    • Wind yells while blowing.
    • The water beckoned invitingly to the hot swimmers.
    • The snow whispered as it fell to the ground during the early morning hours.
    • The china danced on the shelves during the earthquake.
    • The car engine coughed and sputtered when it started during the blizzard.

    3. Alliteration: is a figure of speech in which series of words in a row have the same first consonant
    sound.

    Example: She sells sea-shells down by the sea-short.

    Some more examples of Alliteration:

    Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers.

    She sells sea-shells on the shore.

    Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August.

    4. Metaphors: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is
    used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in “a sea of troubles” or “All the world's
    a stage” (Shakespeare).

    Examples of Metaphors:

    A lifetime is a day, death is sleep; a lifetime is a year, death is winter..

    Life is a struggle, dying is losing a contest against an adversary..

    Life is a precious possession, death is a loss..

    Time is a thief.

    The streets were a furnace, the sun an executioner.

    America is a melting pot of cultures.

    Difference between a simile and a metaphor:

    The goalkeeper was as solid as a rock' - simile


    'The goalkeeper was a rock' - metaphor.
    5. Oxymoron:

    Oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms.

    E.g. Ground pilot, Dark light, Living Dead, Open Secret, New classic, Abundant poverty,
    Accurate estimate, Act naturally, Cold fire, Honest Thief.

    6. Hyperbole: is a figure of speech used to evoke strong feelings or create a strong


    expression, but is not meant to be taken literally.

    E.g., The bag weighed a ton. (This example tells us that weight of bag was not a ton but
    was heavy).

    Example: I'd give my right arm for a cup of tea.

    Another example: "I was helpless. I did not know what in the world to do. I was quaking from head to foot, and
    could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far."

    7. Irony:
    The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. A statement or situation
    where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea.

    Examples:

    a) Taking money from the poor and giving it to the rich.

    b) I posted a video on YouTube about how boring and useless YouTube is.

    c) The butter is as soft as a marble piece.

    d) The name of Britain’s biggest dog was “Tiny”.

    e) You laugh at a person who slipped stepping on a banana peel and the next thing you
    know, you slipped too.

    f) Example of Irony in a Poem:

    “Water, water, everywhere,


    And all the boards did shrink;
    Water, water, everywhere,
    Nor any drop to drink.”
    8. Antithesis:
    The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. It involves the bringing out of a
    contrast in the ideas by an obvious contrast in the words, clauses, or sentences, within a parallel
    grammatical structure.

    These are examples of antithesis:

    • "Man proposes, God disposes.".


    • "Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing."
    • "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
    • "To err is human; to forgive divine."

    Patience is bitter, but it has a sweet fruit.

    9. Paradox:
    A statement that appears to contradict itself.

    Examples of paradox:
    The child is father to the man.”
    “You always hurt the one you love.”

    10. LITOTES:
    Litotes, derived from a Greek word meaning “simple”, is a figure of speech
    which employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other
    words, positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions.

    For example, using the expression “not too bad” for “very good” is an understatement as well as
    a double negative statement that confirms a positive idea by negating the opposite. Similarly,
    saying “She is not a beauty queen,” means “She is ugly” or saying “I am not as young as I used
    to be” in order to avoid saying “I am old”

    Below are a few examples of litotes from daily conversations:

    They do not seem the happiest couple around.

    The ice cream was not too bad.

    New York is not an ordinary city.

    Your comments on politics are not useless.

    He is not the cleverest person I have ever met.


    11. PUN:
    A Pun is a joke that makes a play on words. A Pun, also called Paronomasia, uses words
    that have several meanings or words that sound similar but have different meanings.

    Examples:
    a. The two pianists had a good marriage. They always were in a chord.

    b. I was struggling to figure out how lightning works then it struck me.

    c. The grammarian was very logical. He had a lot of comma sense.


    d. A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired.
    e. Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a-salted.
    f. Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't much,
    but the reception was brilliant!
    g. Every calendar's days are numbered.

    12. Onomatopoeia:
    The formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or
    actions they refer to. Onomatopoeia is when a word’s pronunciation imitates its
    sound. When you say an onomatopoeic word, the utterance itself is reminiscent of the
    sound to which the word refers.

    Examples:
    1. The sheep went, “Baa.”
    2. Silence your cellphone so that it does not beep during the movie.
    3. The clanging pots and pans awoke the baby.
    4. Nothing annoys me more than rapidly clicking your pen.
    5. We roasted marshmallows over the crackling fire.
    6. The cabinet opened with a distinct creak.
    7. The wounded soldier groaned.
    8. Vince gulped down the Mountain Dew.
    9. The earthquake rumbled the foundations of our house.
    13. Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase that refers to a part of
    something is substituted to stand in for the whole, or vice versa. For example, the phrase
    “all hands on deck” is a demand for all of the crew to help, yet the word “hands”—just a
    part of the crew—stands in for the whole crew.

    Here are many common expressions that are examples of synecdoche. Here is a list of
    some of these examples:

    § Boots on the ground—refers to soldiers


    § New wheels—refers to a new car
    § Ask for her hand—refers to asking a woman to marry
    § Suits—can refer to businesspeople
    § Plastic—can refer to credit cards
    § The White House—can refer to statements made by individuals within the United States
    government.
    § The word “bread” can be used to represent food in general or money (e.g. he is the
    breadwinner; music is my bread and butter).
    § The word “sails” is often used to refer to a whole ship
    § The phrase "hired hands" can be used to refer to workmen.

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