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CW Module 1-Lesson 3-Figures of Speech

This document provides a lesson on figures of speech for a 12th grade creative writing class. It defines various figures of speech like simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, metonymy and synecdoche. Examples are given for each figure. Students are then asked to identify figures of speech in sample statements and write a poem using at least 8 figures of speech. The document aims to teach students how to use imagery, diction and figures of speech to evoke meaningful responses from readers.

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CW Module 1-Lesson 3-Figures of Speech

This document provides a lesson on figures of speech for a 12th grade creative writing class. It defines various figures of speech like simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, metonymy and synecdoche. Examples are given for each figure. Students are then asked to identify figures of speech in sample statements and write a poem using at least 8 figures of speech. The document aims to teach students how to use imagery, diction and figures of speech to evoke meaningful responses from readers.

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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PATTAO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL-

MADDALERO EXTENSION

CREATIVE WRITING 12

QUARTER 1-MODULE 1
Imagery, Diction, Figures of Speech in Writing Sense Experience
LESSON 3 FIGURE OF SPEECH

Learning Essentials

Learning Competency
“The Learner uses imagery, diction, figures of speech, and
specific experiences to evoke meaningful responses from
readers” (HUMSS_CW/MP11/12-Ia-b-4).

Learning Objectives:
Retrieve figures of speech; interpret statements to the non-
literal meaning; and produce a memorable event in life
using the figures of speech with the proper diction and vivid
imagery.
WHAT THE Directions: Tell whether the sentence has a Literal Meaning
LEARNER or has a Non Literal meaning.
KNOWS
Pretest

1. My grandmother is a dragon.
2. The front liners are real heroes.
3. Love is a decision to commitment.
4. Everyone eats to live and live to eat.
5. She bursts into laughter while watching TV.
FIGURES OF SPEECH

• There are a lot of literally tools in the English language that we can
use to make our writings more creative.

• It enables us to write and understand sentences beyond the lines.

• Figures of speech refers to words or phrases which have a different


meaning from its literal or ordinary meanings.
WHAT IS IT

Choosing words and phrases to suit the idea of the conveyed meaning is a
requisite of a good writing. The readers must see the images in mind the words
that come alive in descriptions. Moreover, a special effect in writing could be
achieved through the forms of expressions beyond the literal meaning of words
and phrases – figures of speech.

Figures of Speech play a vital role in creative writing in expressing ideas that
awakens the inner self of a reader but without interfering on the connotation.
WHAT IS IT

SIMILE – comparison that uses the expressions “like” and “as”

Examples: The girl is as heavy as the table.


Shine bright like a diamond.

PERSONIFICATION – giving human qualities to inanimate or non-living objects

Examples: The wind whispers serenely through the silent time


The sun smiled down on us.
WHAT IS IT

METAPHOR – indirectly compares two things that belong to different classes

Examples: You are the air that keeps me breathing.


Her eyes were diamonds.

HYPERBOLE - the deliberate exaggeration of a fact or truth for the sake of emphasis

Examples: I will die if you ask me to dance.


I’m so hungry that I could eat a horse.
WHAT IS IT

ONOMATOPOEIA – a word that mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to

Examples: The buzzing bee flew towards the scared child.


Ding-dong for bell

METONYMY - the substitution or replacement of the name of a concrete object or thing


that is closely associated or connected with a word or concept for the word or concept itself.

Examples: Can I have a hand here?


You have my heart.
WHAT IS IT

SYNECDOCHE - the use of a part of an object to represent a whole, or inversely naming a


whole to signify the part - similar with Metonymy to some extent but they are not the same at
all

Examples: His parents bought him a new set of wheels.


I ask for her hand last night.

ASSONANCE - the repetition of lines of verse of the same vowel sound

Examples: “…on a proud round cloud in white high night.”


The rain in Spain stays mainly on the road plain.
WHAT IS IT

OXYMORON - combination of adjacent words that have meanings that are diametrically
opposite or contradictory

Example: Look at yourself in the mirror. Act naturally.


old news, open secret, small crowd, sweet sorrow

PARADOX - a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or even illogical but which


can actually be true

Examples: This is the beginning of the end.


If I know one thing, it’s that I know nothing.
APPLICATION

Write a 4-stanza poem. Use at least 8 figures of speech.


Underline and identify what figures of speech were
used.

-Ma’am HEIDI
ASSESSMEN Directions: Select the figures of speech that
T describe the statement.
 

_____1. You are an angel to me.


a. apostrophe b. personification c. metaphor

_____2. There is a wish-wash of wind.


a. metaphor b. onomatopoeia c. simile

_____3. I have wheels in my dreams.


a. hyperbole b. synecdoche c. Metonymy
ASSESSMEN Directions: Select the figures of speech that
T describe the statement.
 

_____4. The stage acts a life of its own.


a. metaphor b. oxymoron c. personification

_____5. Hey, Mr. DJ can you dance with my feet.


a. apostrophe b. personification c. hyperbole

_____6. The Diary of Anne Frank is an open-secret book.


a. assonance b. oxymoron c. paradox
ASSESSMEN Directions: Select the figures of speech that
T describe the statement.
 

_____7. When one is in love, the person can move mountains.


a. hyperbole b. synecdoche c. onomatopoeia

_____8. I’ve told you a million times to wash the dishes


a. apostrophe b. hyperbole c. personification

_____9. Covid – 19 is like a demon seeping through the night.


a. metaphor b. simile c. personification

_____10. All of the girls are fighting for the crown.


a. Metonymy b. synecdoche c. onomatopoeia
CONGRATULATIONS for Completing
MODULE 1 of CREATIVE WRITING!
-Ma’am HEIDI

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