Lesson No.

2
Topic: The Language of Creative Writing/Figures of Speech

I. Objective:
At the end of the lesson, the learner shall be able to:
1. Identify the different types of figures of speech;
2. Utilize language to evoke emotional and intellectual response form the
readers; and
3. Use figures of speech in composing creative outputs.

II. Key Concepts

A. Figure of Speech
The use of figure of speech and plays an important role in completing and utilizing the
language and creative form of writing. These literary devices enrich the message or theme
that the writer wishes to convey to its reader.
Figures of speech - are words or phrases that depart from straightforward literal language.
Figures of speech are often used and crafted for emphasis, freshness, expression, or clarity.

Types of Figures of Speech

1. Simile - A simile is the comparison of two unlike things using as or like.
Example:
 You are like a lily in bloom.
 My love for you is as deep as the ocean.
2. Metaphor - is the comparison of two unlike things or expressions, sometimes using the
verb am, is, was, and were.
Example:
 My life became a sea of troubles that day I met you.
 All the world’s a stage and we, the actors of the play called life.
3. Personification - endows human qualities to inanimate object or abstract ideas.
Example:
 The moon looked down at me.
 Flowers danced about the lawn, swaying with the wind.
4. Hyperbole - used to give extreme emphasis or show extreme effect to the statement.
Example:
 I nearly died laughing!
 I cried a bucket of tears for the boy who broke my heart.
5. Onomatopoeia - is a word that imitates the sound it represents.
Example:
 The buzzing of the bees bothered my sisters.
 The splashing of the water indicated that there were fish in the pond.

6. Apostrophe - directly addressing an absent/imaginary person or a personified abstraction as

a living entity.
Example:
 Earth, why you have to be so cruel to me?
  Oh, Starbucks, how I love you! Your medium dark roast allowed me to
survive that meeting!
7. Metonymy - replaces one word or phrase for another, usually as a symbol with which it is
closely associated with.
Example:
 The team brought home the laurel leaves. (Championship)
 Let the white doves fly. (Peace)
8. Oxymoron - two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect.
Example:
 There was deafening silence in the room where he entered.
 They couldn’t wait to get out alone together.
9. Irony - words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual
meaning of the words.
Example:
 The student was given ‘excellent’ on getting zero in the exam.
 The CEO of a big tobacco company said he did not smoke.
10. Synecdoche - is a literary device in which a part of something represents the whole, or it
may use a whole to represent a part.
Example:
 He asked her hand for marriage
 I like you wheels.
11. Pun - is a play on words that produces a humorous effect by using a word that suggests two
or more meanings.
Example:
 An elephant’s opinion carries a lot of weight.
 The tallest building in town is the library — it has thousands of stories!
12. Alliteration – repetition of initial consonant sounds of neighboring words.
Example:
 Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
13. Assonance - two or more words, close to one another repeat the same vowel sound, but
start with different consonant sounds.
Example:
 We light fire on the mountain.
 The engineer held the steering to steer the vehicle.
14. Anaphora – repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect
Example:
 Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better.
 Buying diapers for the baby, feeding the baby, playing with the baby: This is
what your life is when you have a baby.

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The Language of
Exercise No. 2 Topic:_____________________
Creative Writing Score: _______________
Name: _______________________ Gr. & Section: ____________________
Teacher: _____________________ Date: _____________________

2.1. Directions: Matching Type: Match the figures of speech in column B with the
following sentences in column A. Write your answer on the blank space provided
before each number.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
____________ 31. O Solitude! Where are the charms that sages A. Alliteration
have seen in thy face?
____________ 32. Here is the smell of blood still; all the B. Anaphora
perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this
little hand.
____________ 33. The cereal went snap, crackle, pop when he C. Apostrophe
poured in the milk at breakfast.
____________ 34. The car died on the side of the road when it D. Assonance
ran out of gas.
____________ 35. In Stockholm, Sweden, where Obama was E. Hyperbole
traveling on Wednesday, the White
House praised the vote and said that it F. Irony
would continue to seek support for a
'military response G. Metaphor
____________ 36. “This is another fine mess you have got us
into.” H. Metonymy

I. Onomatopoeia
____________ 37. The lemons she used in the dessert tasted
like sour grapes. J. Oxymoron
____________ 38. Stella sold sixty-six silly salamanders Sunday.
K. Personification
____________ 39. The moon was a bright ball of smoke in the
night sky. L. Pun
____________ 40. She was terribly pleased with her Birthday
present. M. Simile
____________ 41. The light of the fire is a sight.
N. Synecdoche
____________ 42. After looking at a student’s poor test score,
the teacher says, “You will surely finish the
year with highest honors”.
____________ 43. We need more hands to finish this project
tonight.
____________ 44. "It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden,
too like the lightning." Shakespeare, Romeo
and Juliet
____________ 45. I went to buy some camouflage trousers
yesterday but couldn't find any.

2.2. Directions: Read the sentence carefully and identify what figure of speech is used
by writing your answer in the space provided for. Choose from the box given below.
Hyperbole Metaphor Onomatopoeia Oxymoron Personification Simile

1. Here is the smell of blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten

this little hand.

2. The cereal went snap, crackle, pop when he poured in the milk at breakfast.

3. You are clearly confused by the situation you have found yourself in.

4. The car died on the side of the road when it ran out of gas.

5. This job is the cancer of my dreams and aspirations.

6. Her hair was a flowing golden river streaming down her shoulders.

7. He pleaded for her forgiveness but Janet’s heart was as cold as ice.

8. The full moon peeped through partial clouds.

9. The lady he eventually married is painfully beautiful.

10. He is the apple of my eye.

11. The snow is white blanket.

12. The children were flowers grown in concrete gardens.

13. The bridge collapsed creating a tremendous boom.

14. My dad will kill me when he comes home.

15. That man is as tall as a house