DUBRIA BPED 3A

Figures of Speech

SIMILE
Her smile is as bright as the sunshine.
My heart is as loud as the sound of a drum.
She is like a sunset.
She’s as cold as ice.
Life is like everything.

METAPHOR
Her eyes were diamonds.
I’m an early bird.
She’s shining as a star.
My bed is a marshmallow.
Her eyes are so deep like a blue ocean.

PERSONIFICATION
Lightning danced in the sky.
The wind howled the night.
My clock is yelling at me to get out the bed every morning.
The trees are dancing.
The moon smiles at the stars in the sky.

PARADOX
Save money to spend it.
I know a thing and that is I don’t know.
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It’s the beginning of the end.

Deep down, I am shallow.
I can resist anything but temptation.

METONYMY
We will swear loyalty to the crown.
My dear, you have all my heart.
Tell me about your first love, I’m all ears.
The team needs some new blood if it’s going to win next season.
That fancy fish dish you made was the best of the evening.
My brother was just released from the big house.

APOSTROPHE
Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean -roll! (The Ocean by Lord Byron)
Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge
in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race. (A Portrait of the Artist as a
Young Man by James Joyce)
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often
I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and
you would not have it! (The Holy Bible, Luke 13:34)
Hello darkness, my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again.
Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone, without a dream in my heart, without a love of my own
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HYPERBOLE
I’m dying of thirst.
I love you to the moon and back.
I’m so hungry that I could eat a horse.
I’m so tired that I could sleep for a month.
You’re beautiful than the stars in the sky.

SYNECDOCHE
All hands on deck—demand for all to help
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

IRONY
An English teacher has poor grammar.
A famous singer sings her own song at a karaoke bar but is booed.
Telling a quiet group, “don't speak all at once
Greeting a rude customer to “have a nice day”
An ambulance crashed while taking the patient to the hospital.