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    This document discusses figures of speech and provides examples. It defines figures of speech as words or phrases that depart from straightforward literal language. It then lists and defines common figures of speech including simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, and onomatopoeia. The document concludes with a test of knowledge questions where the reader must identify which figure of speech is being used in each example.

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    This document discusses figures of speech and provides examples. It defines figures of speech as words or phrases that depart from straightforward literal language. It then lists and defines common figures of speech including simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, and onomatopoeia. The document concludes with a test of knowledge questions where the reader must identify which figure of speech is being used in each example.

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    Figures of

    Speech
    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
    SIMILE
    METAPHOR
    PERSONIFICATION
    HYPERBOLE
    ALLITERATION
    ONOMATOPOEIA
    OXYMORON
    IRONY
    SIMILE
    A simile is the comparison of two
    Unlike things using Like or as.

    She ran like the wind.


    He eats like a pig.
    You are as pretty as a picture.
    She was as light as a feather
    METAPHOR
    A metaphor is the comparison of
    two unlike things or expressions,
    sometimes using the verb “to be,”
    and not using like or as (as in a
    simile). “To be” (am, is, are, was,
    were)
    METAPHOR
    Example:
    Simile:
    That girl is like a rose.
    That girl is beautiful as a rose.
    Metaphor:
    That girl is a rose.
    You are a tulip.
    PERSONIFICATION
    Giving human qualities or traits
    to things that are not human.

    The Willow tree shook her long hair.


    The moon looked down at me.
    The car danced across the icy road.
    Tulips nodded their heads in the breeze.
    HYPERBOLE
    A hyperbole is an exaggeration
    or an overstatement.
    Statements are not true, it
    overstate or understate the truth.
    Authors use this figure of speech to
    emphasize a point or add humor.
    HYPERBOLE

    His feet are as big as boats!


    I nearly died laughing!
    I’ve told you a million times!
    The wolf was 100 feet high!
    TEST YOUR
    KNOWLEDGE
    TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
    He clattered and clanged as he
    washed the dishes.

    (A) Simile
    (B) Onomatopoeia
    (C) Hyperbole
    TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
    Life is a beach!

    (A)Metaphor
    (B)Alliteration
    (C) Simile
    TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
    “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
    peppers.”
    ~Mother Goose

    (A) Onomatopoeia
    (B) Hyperbole
    (C) Alliteration
    TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
    The river falls under us like a
    trap door.

    (A)Onomatopoeia
    (B) Simile
    (C) Metaphor
    TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
    I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!

    (A) Hyperbole
    (B) Metaphor
    (C) Onomatopoeia
    TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
    “Don’t delay dawn’s disarming display.
    Dusk demands daylight.”

    From “Dewdrops Dancing Down Daises”


    ~Paul Mc Cann
    (A) Onomatopoeia
    (B) Alliteration
    (C) Hyperbole
    TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
    I’ve heard that joke a billion
    times, but it still cracks me up!

    (A) Simile
    (B) Metaphor
    (C) Hyperbole
    TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
    The glass vase is as fragile as a
    child’s sandcastle.

    (A) Metaphor
    (B) Alliteration
    (C) Simile
    TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
    The buzzing bee startled me!

    (A) Hypberbole
    (B) Onomatopoeia
    (C) Metaphor
    TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
    She looked at him with fire in her
    eyes.

    (A)Alliteration
    (B) Simile
    (C) Metaphor
    TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
    The sun draped its arms
    around my shoulders

    A) Personification
    B) Oxymoron
    C) Palindrome
    TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
    You look like a million
    dollars.

    A) Personification
    B) Idiom
    C) Oxymoron
    TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
    You looked pretty ugly in
    that dress.

    A) Onomatopoeia
    B) Oxymoron
    C) Alliteration
    TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
    The boy shouted, “Madam, I’m
    Adam!”

    A) Personification
    B) Oxymoron
    C) Palindrome

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