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Figure of Speech

This document defines and provides examples of various figures of speech that intentionally deviate from ordinary language to produce a rhetorical effect. It discusses personification, metaphor, simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, euphemism, irony, and apostrophe as common figures of speech and provides examples for each. The document concludes by asking the reader to identify the figure of speech used in example sentences.

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Figure of Speech

This document defines and provides examples of various figures of speech that intentionally deviate from ordinary language to produce a rhetorical effect. It discusses personification, metaphor, simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, euphemism, irony, and apostrophe as common figures of speech and provides examples for each. The document concludes by asking the reader to identify the figure of speech used in example sentences.

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WHAT ARE FIGURES OF

SPEECH?
 ITIS A WORD OR PHRASE
THAT INTENTIONALLY
DEVIATES FROM ORDINARY
LANGUAGE USE IN ORDER
TO PRODUCE
A RHETORICAL EFFECT.
TYPES OF FIGURES OF SPEECH

1. PERSONIFICATION. PERSONIFICATION
ATTRIBUTES HUMAN NATURE OR HUMAN
QUALITIES TO ABSTRACT OR INANIMATE
OBJECTS
EXAMPLES:

1. THE OPPORTUNITY KNOCKED AT


HIS DOOR.
2. THE PLANTS IN HER HOUSE
SILENTLY BEGGED TO BE WATERED.
2. METAPHOR. A METAPHOR IS USED
FOR IMPLYING A COMPARISON
BETWEEN TWO THINGS THAT HAVE
SOMETHING IN COMMON BUT ARE IN
GENERAL DIFFERENT FROM EACH
OTHER. 
EXAMPLES:

1. IT IS RAINING CATS AND


DOGS.
2. HE IS THE STAR OF OUR
CLASS.
3. SIMILE. A SIMILE IS A FIGURE
OF SPEECH THAT COMPARES
TWO THINGS THAT ARE
DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER
BUT HAVE SIMILAR QUALITIES.
EXAMPLES:
1. HE IS AS BRAVE AS A LION.
2. HER EXPRESSION WAS AS
COLD AS ICE.
4. ALLITERATION. IS A
IT
SENTENCE THAT CONSISTS
OF A SERIES OF WORDS THAT
HAVE THE SAME CONSONANT
SOUND AT THE BEGINNING.
EXAMPLES:
1. SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS ON THE
SEA SHORE.
2. A GOOD COOK COULD COOK AS
MUCH COOKIES AS A GOOD COOK
WHO COULD COOK COOKIES.
5. ONOMATOPOEIA. THIS IS A
FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT IS
USED TO EXPRESS A SOUND. TO
BE MORE PRECISE, IT INVOLVES THE
USE OF WORDS THAT IMITATE THE
SOUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
ACTION OR OBJECT REFERRED TO I.E.
HISS, CLAP ETC.
EXAMPLES:

1. THE BUZZING BEE FLEW OVER
MY HEAD.
2. THE STONE HIT THE WATER
WITH A SPLASH.
3. THE BOULDER HIT THE GROUND
WITH A FLUMP.
6. HYPERBOLE. A HYPERBOLE IS A
FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT CONSISTS
OF AN EXAGGERATION. IT IS THE
USAGE OF EXAGGERATED TERMS
IN ORDER TO EMPHASISE OR
HEIGHTEN THE EFFECT OF
SOMETHING. 
EXAMPLES:

1. I HAVE TOLD YOU A MILLION


TIMES TO NOT TOUCH MY STUFF!
2. SHE HAS GOT A PEA-SIZED
BRAIN.
7. EUPHEMISM. EUPHEMISM IS THE
USAGE OF A MILD WORD IN
SUBSTITUTION OF SOMETHING
THAT IS MORE EXPLICIT OR HARSH
WHEN REFERRING TO SOMETHING
UNFAVOURABLE OR UNPLEASANT.
EXAMPLES:
1. THIS MALL HAS GOOD
FACILITIES FOR DIFFERENTLY-
ABLED PEOPLE.
2. HE PASSED AWAY IN HIS SLEEP.
8. IRONY. IRONY OR
SARCASM IS A FIGURE OF
SPEECH IN WHICH THE
USAGE OF WORDS CONVEYS
THE OPPOSITE OF THEIR
LITERAL MEANING.
EXAMPLES:

1. TELLING A RUDE CUSTOMER TO


“HAVE A NICE DAY”.
2. COMING HOME TO A BIG MESS
AND SAYING, “IT’S GREAT TO BE
BACK”.
9. APOSTROPHE. IT ADDRESSES
THE SUBJECT THAT IS NOT
PRESENT IN THE WORK. IN THIS
CASE, THE OBJECT IS ABSENT OR
INANIMATE.
EXAMPLES:

1. TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE


STAR, HOW I WONDER WHAT
YOU ARE
2. WELCOME, O LIFE!
IDENTIFY WHAT FIGURE
OF SPEECH IS USED IN
EACH SENTENCE. WRITE
YOUR ANSWER ON YOUR
PAPER.
1. SEVEN, YOU ARE MY LUCKY
NUMBER!
2. I’M SO HUNGRY I COULD EAT A
HORSE.
3. LEAVES RUSTLE IN THE WIND
AND ARE WHIPPED INTO THE
AIR.
4. BARRY BOUGHT A BOOK TO
BRING TO THE BACKYARD
BARBECUE.
5. SHE SWIMS SWIM LIKE A FISH.
6. HER EYES WERE DIAMONDS.
7. LIGHTNING DANCED ACROSS
THE SKY.
8. ALL ADAM ATE IN AUGUST WAS
APPLES AND ALMONDS.
9. TIME FLIES WHEN YOU’RE HAVING
FUN.
10. AFTER TAKING HIS MEDICATION,
HE BECAME FIT AS A FIDDLE.

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