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Figures of Speech: Figure of Speech-Word or Phrase That Makes A Comparison Between

This document discusses different types of figures of speech including similes, metaphors, and personification. A simile directly compares two unlike things using like, as or than. A metaphor also compares two things but does so without like or as by stating one thing is the other. Personification gives human qualities to non-human things like objects or ideas. Examples of each type are provided.

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Figures of Speech: Figure of Speech-Word or Phrase That Makes A Comparison Between

This document discusses different types of figures of speech including similes, metaphors, and personification. A simile directly compares two unlike things using like, as or than. A metaphor also compares two things but does so without like or as by stating one thing is the other. Personification gives human qualities to non-human things like objects or ideas. Examples of each type are provided.

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Figures of Speech

Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Figure of speech—word or phrase that makes a comparison between
seemingly unlike things.
He collapsed onto the grass like a half-empty flour sack.
You’ll come across figures of speech—or figurative language—in
poetry, in prose, and in everyday speaking and writing.
Figures of speech
• are not literally true
• make imaginative connections
• express meaning in fresh and original ways
• often act as a kind of shorthand
• Some figures of speech have become part of our everyday
language. We don’t even think about the fact that they aren’t
literally true.
• He didn’t notice how quickly the time
flew by.
• My heart leapt at the thought.
• She must have gotten tied up in traffic.
• His room is a pigsty.
Simile
Simile—comparison between two unlike things, using a word
such as like, as, than, or resembles.
Alone oak tree stood in the front yard like an aged but dedicated
sentry.
The dew on the leaves glistened as brilliantly as loose diamonds
on silk.
That child’s eyes are warmer than the summer’s sandy beach.
Metaphor
• comparison between two unlike things in which one thing
becomes the other
• does not use a word such as like or as
• The flood waters rose, and the river became a ravenous monster.
Raging on for hours, it consumed everything in its sight.
• Poets use metaphors to make the reader think about new ways of
seeing things.
• What is the poet trying to say with this metaphor?
• My heart it was a floating bird
That through the world did wander free,
But he hath locked it in a cage,
And lost the silver key.
• A direct metaphor directly compares two things using a verb
such as is.
• His ideas were a flock of birds in flight.
An indirect metaphor implies or suggests the comparison.
His ideas spread their wings and soared freely.
Quick Check
This computer is a dinosaur.
She stared at me with venomous eyes and hissed out her reply.
The old motorcycle barked and yipped before it started up with
a howl.
Today my mind is the wind blowing across rolling hills.

Personification
Personification—
special kind of metaphor in which human qualities are given to
something that is not human—an animal, an object, or an idea.
The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:
He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright.

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