This document defines and provides examples of various figures of speech, including similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, and hyperbole. It identifies figures of speech used in sentences and excerpts from poems and stories. The document aims to teach the reader to define figures of speech, identify them in texts, and provide their own examples.

2. In this lesson, we will be dealing with these
following objectives:
A. define figures of speech;
B. identify figures of speech used in the text;
C. give examples of figures of speech.

4. • word or phrase that has a meaning other than literal
meaning.
• use to present ordinary things in new or unusual ways
• communicate ideas that go beyond the word’s usual,
literal meaning
Figures of Speech

5. Simile
- is a comparison between two unlike objects using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.
Examples:
• She is as brave as a lion.
• You are precious like a gem.
• Trees rise as temples.
• Her tears were like a river flowing down her cheeks.

6. Metaphor
– comparing two unlike object/ things without the use of like/ as.
Examples:
• Alex is a chicken.
• Love is a battlefield.
• The classroom was a zoo.
• Ben's temper was a volcano, ready to explode.

7. Personification
– giving human traits or characteristics to something that isn’t
human such as animals, object or non-living things.
Examples:
• The angry waves crushed against the rocks.
• My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.
• The moon played hide and seek with the clouds.

8. Alliteration
– is the repetition of the beginning consonant sounds
Examples:
• Little Larry likes licking the sticky lollipop.
• Three grey geese in a green field grazing.
• Sheep should sleep in a shed.
• A big bug bit the little beetle but the little beetle bit the big bug back.

9. Hyperbole
- a major exaggeration/ overstatement used for emphasis
Examples:
• The car went faster than the speed of light.
• For the millionth time, clean the kitchen.
• Your suitcase weighs a ton!

10. All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
- William Shakespeare

11. Metaphor

12. The mask in the mirror stared back at her.
“Lips red as a rose, hair black as ebony, skin white as snow.”
“Snow White!” the Queen hissed, her face twisted with hatred.
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

13. Simile

14. “He cried all night, and dawn found him still there, though his
tears had dried and only hard, dry sobs shook his wooden
frame. But these were so loud that they could be heard by the
faraway hills …”
- The Adventures of Pinocchio, C. Colloid

15. Hyperbole

16. A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
- I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, William Wordsworth

17. Personification

18. From the woodland path
The wilderness winds whisper
Waking sleepy waves
- Haiku

19. Alliteration/
Personification

20. Simile Metaphor
Personification Hyperbole
Alliteration
Identify the figures of speech used in the following sentences.
Choose your answer from the choices inside the box. Write it on a
1/4 sheet of paper.
1. My heart is like an open highway.
2. The lonely train whistle cried out in the night.
3. The park was a lake after the rain.
4. The angry clouds marched across the sky.
5. This test is a piece of cake.
6. Greedy goats gobbled up gooseberries, getting good at
grabbing the goodies.
7. Those shoes cost a king’s ransom.
8. He was in such a hurry that he drove his car at a bazillion
miles per hour.
9. Watching the show was like watching grass grow.
10. Dan's dog dove deep in the dam, drinking dirty water as
he dove.

21. 1. My heart is like an open highway.
2.The lonely train whistle cried out in the
night.
3.The park was a lake after the rain.
4.The angry clouds marched across the sky.

22. 5.This test is a piece of cake.
6.Greedy goats gobbled up gooseberries,
getting good at grabbing the goodies.
7. Those shoes cost a king’s ransom.
8. He was in such a hurry that he drove his car
at a bazillion miles per hour.

23. 9. Watching the show was like watching
grass grow.
10. Dan's dog dove deep in the dam,
drinking dirty water as he dove.

24. Answers:
1. Simile
2. Personification
3. Metaphor
4. Personification
5. Metaphor
6. Alliteration
7. Hyperbole
8. Hyperbole
9. Simile
10.Alliteration

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