Figurative Language.pdf
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This document defines and provides examples of 10 types of figurative language: 1. Simile - compares two unlike things using like or as. 2. Metaphor - compares two unlike things that have something important in common. 3. Personification - represents inanimate objects or abstract ideas as people with human traits. 4. Hyperbole - uses major exaggeration or overstatement to emphasize a point or be humorous. 5. Oxymoron - uses incongruous or contradictory terms side by side. 6. Paradox - appears to contradict itself. 7. Apostrophe - addresses an absent person or inanimate subject. 8. Onomatopoeia - words that
Figurative Language.pdf
- 2. 1. SIMILE - Comparing two (2) unlike things using like or as. Ex: - She sways like a pearl. - She hangs like a star. - His temper was as explosive as a volcano. Patterns in Simile: Verb + like + noun As + Adjective + as + Noun
- 3. 2. METAPHOR - Comparison between two (2) unlike things that actually have something important in common. Ex: - Life is one big roller coaster ride. - The boy is a fish in the water. - He is my knight in shining armor.
- 4. 3. PERSONIFICATION - Representing an inanimate object or an abstract idea as a person and endowing it with human traits. Ex: - The sun stretched his golden arms and greeted everyone with his kind smile. - The trees were fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
- 5. 4. HYPRBOLE - It is a major exaggeration or overstatement. Authors use this figures of speech to emphasize a point or humor. Ex: - I nearly dies laughing. - I’ve told you a million times. - My backpack weighs a tom.
- 6. 5. OXYMORON - A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side. Ex: - Act naturally. - Original copy. - Alone together. - Pretty ugly - Found missing
- 7. 6. PARADOX - A statement that appears to contradict itself. Ex: - War is peace. - Freedom is slavery. - Ignorance is strength. - Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.
- 8. 7. APOSTROPHE - The addressing of a usually absent person therefore the subject is not present or inanimate. Ex: - Alarm clock, pleas don’t fail me. - Oh rose, how sweet you sell and how bright you look!
- 9. 8. ONOMATOPOEIA - A word that sounds like its meaning. It can also be described as the use of the word which imitates a sound such as screech, whirr, crunch, bang, roar, growl, click, snap and pop. Ex: - A snap of a finger. - The camera clicks smoothly. - The wild bang of a rockstar.
- 10. 9. ALLITERATION - The repetition of beginning consonant sounds and frequent recurrence of the same initial letter or sound. Ex: - Don’t drink and drive. - Six silly swans went swimming in the sea. - Coca cola, Mickey Mouse, Dunking Donut, Kitkat, Spongebob Squarepants.
- 11. 10. IRONY - A situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected. Ex: - He is as smart as a soap dish. - The titanic was said to be unsinkable but sank on its first voyage. - I lost my wallet. This is my lucky day.