This document defines and provides examples of common figures of speech including simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and hyperbole. It then provides a multiple choice quiz to test the reader's knowledge of identifying these figures of speech within examples. The document aims to educate the reader on different types of figurative language and how they are used in literature.
Copyright:
Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
Available Formats
Download as PPS, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
100%(20)100% found this document useful (20 votes)
4K views25 pages
This document defines and provides examples of common figures of speech including simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and hyperbole. It then provides a multiple choice quiz to test the reader's knowledge of identifying these figures of speech within examples. The document aims to educate the reader on different types of figurative language and how they are used in literature.
This document defines and provides examples of common figures of speech including simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and hyperbole. It then provides a multiple choice quiz to test the reader's knowledge of identifying these figures of speech within examples. The document aims to educate the reader on different types of figurative language and how they are used in literature.
Copyright:
Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
Available Formats
Download as PPS, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
Download as pps, pdf, or txt
100%(20)100% found this document useful (20 votes)
This document defines and provides examples of common figures of speech including simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and hyperbole. It then provides a multiple choice quiz to test the reader's knowledge of identifying these figures of speech within examples. The document aims to educate the reader on different types of figurative language and how they are used in literature.
Copyright:
Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
Available Formats
Download as PPS, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
Download as pps, pdf, or txt
You are on page 1/ 25
Figures of Speech
Figures of Speech Figures of speech are words or phrases that depart from straightforward literal language. Figures of speech are often used and crafted for emphasis, freshness, expression, or clarity.
Types of Figures of Speech
Simile Metaphor Alliteration Onomatopoeia Hyperbole
SIMILE A simile is the comparison of two Unlike things using like or as . He eats like a pig. You are as pretty as a picture.
METAPHOR A metaphor is the comparison of two unlike things or expressions, sometimes using the verb to be, and not using like or as (as in a simile). To be (am, is, are, was, were)
METAPHOR He is a pig. You are a tulip. From A Meditation for his Mistress ~Robert Herrick
ALLITERATION Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds of neighboring words. Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
ALLITERATION She left the Heaven of Heroes and came down To make a man to meet the mortal need, A man to match the mountains and the sea, The friendly welcome of the wayside well. From Lincoln, the Man of the People ~Edwin Markham
ONOMATOPOEIA (on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh) An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it represents. The chiming of the bells The boom of the explosion
ONOMATOPOEIA Tinkling sleigh bells Clanging fire bells Mellow chiming wedding bells Tolling, moaning, and groaning funeral bells From The Bells ~Edgar Allan Poe
HYPERBOLE A hyperbole is an exaggeration or an overstatement .
= His feet are as big as boats! I nearly died laughing!
HYPERBOLE Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world . From The Concord Hymn ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes. Simile (B) Onomatopoeia (C) Hyperbole (A)
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
Life is a beach! (A)Metaphor (B)Alliteration (C) Simile
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. ~Mother Goose (A)
Onomatopoeia (B) Hyperbole (C) Alliteration
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
The river falls under us like a trap door. (A)
Onomatopoeia (B) Simile (C) Metaphor
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
Im so hungry I could eat a horse! Hyperbole (B) Metaphor (C) Onomatopoeia (A)
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
Dont delay dawns disarming display. Dusk demands daylight. From Dewdrops Dancing Down Daises ~Paul Mc Cann (A) Onomatopoeia (B) Alliteration (C) Hyperbole
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
Ive heard that joke a billion times, but it still cracks me up! (A) Simile (B) Metaphor (C) Hyperbole
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
The glass vase is as fragile as a childs sandcastle. Metaphor (B) Alliteration (C) Simile (A)
Write a story about an experience in your life in 2-3 paragraphs. Use each of the figures of speech we learned today! (Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole)
