06/08/2025
FIGURES OF SPEECH
🔵 Simile:
Definition: A comparison using "like" or "as."
Example: Her smile was as bright as the sun.
🔵 Metaphor:
Definition: A direct comparison between two unrelated things (no "like" or "as").
Example: Time is a thief.
🔵 Personification:
Definition: Giving human qualities to non-human things.
Example: The wind whispered through the trees.
🔵 Hyperbole:
Definition: An exaggeration for emphasis or effect.
Example: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
🔵 Alliteration:
Definition: Repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words.
Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
🔵 Onomatopoeia:
Definition: A word that imitates a natural sound.
Example: The bees buzzed in the garden.
🔵 Oxymoron:
Definition: A combination of contradictory terms.
Example: Deafening silence.
🔵 Irony:
Definition: Saying the opposite of what is meant, often for humor or sarcasm.
Example: A fire station burns down.
🔵 Pun:
Definition: A play on words with double meanings for humorous effect.
Example: I used to be a baker, but I couldn't make enough dough.
🔵 Anaphora:
Definition: Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Example: "I have a dream..." – Martin Luther King Jr.
🔵 Euphemism:
Definition: A mild or indirect word used in place of one that may be harsh or unpleasant.
Example: "Passed away" instead of "died."
🔵 Allusion:
Definition: An indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work.
Example: He met his Waterloo. (Reference to Napoleon’s final defeat)
