 A figure of speech is a

word or phrase that

possesses a separate
What is meaning from its literal
a Figure definition.
of
Speech?  It is a language that has
other meaning than its
normal definition.
Types of Figures of
Speech
SIMI
LE
A simile is a stated comparison
usually formed with the use of “like”
or “as” between two fundamentally
dissimilar objects that have certain
qualities in common.
For example: This pizza is as cold as
ice.
 The coldness of the pizza is
compared to ice
METAPH
OR
o A metaphor is an implied
comparison between two
dissimilar things that have
something in common but
without the use of “like” or “as”.
o For example: A good laugh is
sunshine in a house
o A good laugh is compared to
sunshine by saying that it is
sunshine (laugh = sunshine).
PERSONIFICATI
ON  Personification is a figure of
speech in which human
characteristics or qualities are
used in animals, ideas or
objects.
 For example: The tree bowed
and waved to me in the wind
 The tree is being personified
because it is given human
characteristics of bowing and
waving.
HYPERBOLE

• It expresses exaggeration or
overstatement.

For example:
I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
EUPHEMIS
M
Euphemism consists in the
description of a disagreeable
thing by an agreeable name.
For example: You are telling me
a fairy tale. This actually means
that a person is lying to you.
ONOMATOPO
EIA

An onomatopoeia is a word

that imitates the sounds it
represents
For example: the boom of the
explosion
 Activity: Test
your
1.
knowledge
He clattered and clanged as he
washed the dishes
a) Simile
b) Onomatopoeia
c) Hyperbole
 2.
Life is a beach!
a) Metaphor
b) Personification
c) Simile
3. The following sentence
contains two figures of speech

The sun smiled shyly

a) Alliteration
b) Euphemism
c) Personification
4.

She is as fat as a pig!

a) Onomatopoeia
b) Hyperbole
c) Simile
5.

Which idiom expression below

means that there is heavy
rainfall?

a) The umbrella is in the

wind.
b)Dogs and cats are dancing
on the rain.
c) It is raining cats and dogs!
 6.

I have heard that joke a million

times but is still makes me laugh
a) Irony
b) Hyperbole
c) Metaphor
ANSWERS OF THE ACTIVITY

• 1. B
• 2. A
• 3. A & C
• 4. C
• 5. C
• 6. B
 PERFORMANCE TASK

• Divide students into groups of four to six.

• Instruct students that they must take turns creating each line
of the poem and must use one or more figures of speech in
each line.
• At the end of each line they should indicate the figure of
speech used.

For example: "The bird flew like an arrow across the

burning cold. (simile, oxymoron)"