FIGURATIVE

LANGUAGES
 “We’re beautiful like
diamonds in the sky”.
What are the two things being
compared?
SIMILE
It is comparing two unrelated
things, and we use the word
“like”, “as” or “such as”.
“Henry is a lion whenever he
is on the battlefield”.
What are the two things being
compared?
METAPHOR
comparing two unrelated
things without using the
word “like” or “as”
“Your eyes are two
fairest stars in the
heaven."
How did Romeo describe
Juliet’s eyes?
HYPERBOL
Eexaggerating things to give
more emphasis to something.
 “I must have this
operation. It isn’t very
serious. I have this tiny
little tumor on the
brain”.
UNDERSTATEMEN
T
a figure of speech in which
something is expressed less
strongly than would be
expected, or in which
something is presented as
being smaller, worse, or
lesser than it really is.
“The sun smiled at us.”

What human ability does

attribute to the sun?
PERSONIFICATION
the human characteristics
are given to an object, to
abstract idea, or to
animal.
 Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full!
One for the master, one for the dame,
And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.”

What have you noticed on the

underlined words?
RHYME
Words that have
similar sounds
 O Captain! my Captain! rise up and
hear the bells;
Rise up — for you the flag is flung —
for you the bugle trills…”

In this line, what are the

words being repeated?
REPETITION
words being repeated for
several times
 O heavy lightness! Serious vanity!
Misshapen chaos of well-seeming
forms!

What are the words in the following lines

that have an opposite meaning or

contradicting meaning?
OXYMORON
words with contradict or
contrasting concept placed
together
APOSTROPHE
literary device writers use to
address someone or something
that is not physically present.
The subject may be dead, absent,
inanimate, or abstract.
Malacañang granted permits to
the demonstrators.
METONYMY
• is a substitution of an object
or idea that is closely related to
it.
• It is based on association such as
author for his works, the cause
for the effect, etc.
Let’s count heads.
SYNECDOCHE
is a substitution usually of
a part for the whole and
sometimes of the whole for
the part.
 “You look wonderful with your
uncombed hair and unwashed face.”
irony
is a name given to literary
techniques that involve
differences or
contradictory.
 The players stopped as the
scoreboard buzzed to signal the
winner.
ONOMATOPOEI
A is a figure of speech that uses
words to describe the sounds
made by all living things
including people, animals, birds
and all inanimate objects.