FIGURES OF SPEECH

SIMILE HYPERBOLE

METAPHOR ONOMATOPEIA

ALLITERATION PERSONIFICATION
 SIMILE
Definition:
Comparing two unlike things using like or as.
Example:
She sways like a flower.

His temper was as explosive as a volcano.

 METAPHOR
Definition:
An implied comparison between wo unlike things that
actually have something important in common.
Example:
The boy was a fish in the water.
Noah has a heart of a lion.
 ALLITERATION
Definition:
It is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds.
Example:
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
 HYPERBOLE
Definition:
It is a major exaggeration or overstatement.
Example:
I nearly died laughing.
 ONOMATOPOEIA
Definition:
A word that sounds like its meaning.
It can also be described as the use of a word which
imitates a sound.
Example:
There was a loud bang on the door.
The owl hooted in the tree.
 PERSONIFICATION
Definition:
Giving human traits or characteristics to something
that isn’t human, such as animals, objects or non living
things.
Example:
The bottle of wine is calling my name.

The rain is dancing on the roof.