SIMIL

E METAPHOR

FIGURATIVE PERSONIFICATION

LANGUAGE HYPERBOLE

METONYMY
OTHER TYPES OF FIGURES OF
SPEECH
 FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
oRefers to the color we use to amplify
our writing. It takes an ordinary
statement and dresses it up in an
evocative frock. It gently alludes to
something without directly stating it.
 SIMILE
•A TYPE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
WHICH IS USED TO COMPARE ON
THING AGAINST ANOTHER.

•EX: As strong as an ox.

• They fought like cats and dogs.
 METHAPOR
•Is a phrase describing something as
something it is not in reality. It is used to
compare two things symbolically.

•EX: Love is a battlefield.

She's drowning in a sea of grief.
 personification
•Gives human characteristics to inanimate
objects, animals, or ideas. This can really
affect the way the reader imagines things.
•EX: The sun greeted me this morning.
The radio suddenly stopped
singing and stared at me.
 HYPERBOLE
•Is an outrageous exaggeration that
emphasizes a point. It tends toward the
ridiculous or the funny.
•EX: My grandma is as old as time.
• I've told you a million times to clean
your room!
 metonymy
•Is a form of figurative language in which a
word is replaced by something very close.

•EX: I remain loyal to the crown.

•My brother was just released from
the big house.
 OTHER TYPES
FIGURATIVE SPEECH
alliteration IDIOMS
IRONY OXYMORON PUNS
ONOMATOPOEIA
SYNECDOCHE