FIGURE OF

SPEECH
Whenever you describe something
by comparing it with something
else, you are using figurative
language.
Different kinds of figure of speech
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Irony
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Simile
1. The rose is
red as a shinny
apple.
2. Gorge is like
a sheep.
3. He eats like a
pig.

4. She is silly as a
clown.
What is Simile?
It is a
comparison of
two unlike
things using
like or as.
Which of the
following is an
example of simile?
1. Janine is an apple
in her father's eyes.
2. Her teeth is as
white as snow.
3. She looks like a
doll.
Metaphor
1. Daisy's eyes
are jewels
sparkling in the
sun.
2.The bottom of
the ocean is a
dark cave.
3.George is a
giraffe.

4. The beggar's
hair is straw.
 What is metaphor? You are lion.

It is like simile.It

compares two unlike
things but does not
use like or as. A simile
would say "You are
like a lion" and a
metaphor would say You are like a lion.
"You are a lion."
Which of the following is not metaphor?
1. Her nose is a hill.
2. The hat is like a
crown.
3. Mimi is as
beautiful as the
rose in the garden.
Hyperbole
1. His feet are as big
as boats.
2. He was so hungry,
he ate the whole
cow for lunch.
3. He is too tall that
his head bumps in
the sky.
What is Hyperbole?
It is an
exaggeration or
an
overstatement.
Which of the following are hyperbole?
1. His brain is a size
of a pea.
2. He has tons of
money.
3. Carlos' eyes are
too sharp that they
cut the lady.
Tell what kind of figure of speech is
used in the following:
_____1. Mike is a
Teddy Bear.
_____2. The river falls
under us like a trap
door.
_________3. The
clouds are cotton balls
in the sky.
_____4. The glass vase
is as fragile as a
child's sand castle.
_____5. My brother is
so skinny that he
could be a
Appplication:
Give sentences
using any of the
sound device.
( simile,
metaphor,
hyperbole)
Geralization:
What is simile?
metaphor?
hyperbole?
Evaluation:
Write S if the sentence
is simile, M if
metaphor, H if
hyperbole.
____1. He is too
brilliant that no one
can be compared
with him.
____2. I could
sleep for a year.
____3. His face is a
sandpaper.
____4. Emily swam
like a dolphin in
the pool.
____5. The baby
weights a ton.
Assignment:
Write 3 sentences
in each sound
device:
1. simile
2. metaphor
3. hyperbole
SECOND
LESSON
 Analyzing
Sound
Devices:
Alliteration,
Personificatio
n, Irony
A good speaker uses
different sound
device or figure of
speech for their
listeners not to get
bored.
Are you familiar
with the other
figure of speech or
sound devices?
Personification
1. My teddy bear
gives me a hug.
2. The flowers
danced in the
breeze.
Present the pictures:
What does the sun do?
Does the sun wink in
real life?

What does the moon

do?
Does the moon smile in
real life?
Present the pictures:

Does the wind whistle? Who

whistles?
 Present the sentences:
1. The sun winks at
me.
2. The moon smiles
at me.
3. The wind
whistled throughout
the day.
Discussion:
• What can you say about the
sentences?
• Since they they give human
traits to non-human they are
called personification.
• What is personification?
What is personification?
It is where
human
characteristics
are given to an
animals or
objects.
Present another set of sentences.
1. She is very
beautiful that no one
admires her.
2. The scientific
genius, Albert
Einstein flunked out
of Math when he was
in high school.
3. Jonah is very
wealthy that he has
no food to eat.
Irony
1. She is very beautiful
that no one admires her.
2. The scientific genius,
Albert Einstein flunked
out of Math when he was
in high school.
3. Jonah is very wealthy
that he has no food to
eat.
What do you notice with
the ideas being
conveyed?

Was the result of the

second idea, the
expected result?

What is called with this

kind of sound device?
 What is irony?
It is a literary
technique that
involves surprising,
interesting, or
amusing
contradictions.A
contrast between
expectation and
reality.
 Present another set of sentences
1. Sally sells seashells
by the seashore.
2. Peter Piper picked a
peck of pickled
peppers.
3. The soul selects her
own society.
What can you say
about the
sentences?

What is the initial

letter of the words
in the sentences?
LOOK AT THE INITIAL LETTERS
1. Sally sells
seashells by the
seashore.
2. Peter Piper
picked a peck of
pickled peppers.
3. The soul selects
her own society.
What is alliteration?
It is the
repetition of an
initial
consonant
sound.
What can you
say about the
sentences?
What is the
initial letter of the
words in the
sentences?
What is
alliteration?
Developing Mastery:

Give sentences
using:
personification,
irony,
alliteration.
Tell what sound device is used in the
following sentences:
______1.
The blind child leads the
blind mother.
_____2. Elizabeth easily eyed an
elephant in the elevator.
_____3. The willow tree shakes its
long hair
Generalization:
What is
personificatio
n? irony?
alliteration?
Assessment:
Write P if the sentence is
personification, A if alliteration, I
if it is irony.

____1. The leaves danced their way

through the lawn.
____2. Mario is too tall that he
cannot reach the top of the cabinet.
Assessment:

____4. I got so dirty that my pants

screamed "clean me"
____5. I am so lucky today, I lost my
wallet.
Agreement:
____Write 3 sentences in

each sound device:

1. personification
2. irony
3. alliteration