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Figures of Speech - PPT

The document discusses fill-in-the-blank stories and figures of speech. It defines literal and figurative language, with examples of each. Several common types of figures of speech are defined - simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and irony - along with examples. The importance of understanding figurative language is mentioned. Readers are then directed to answer questions differentiating literal and figurative language, and to identify figures of speech in sample sentences.

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Figures of Speech - PPT

The document discusses fill-in-the-blank stories and figures of speech. It defines literal and figurative language, with examples of each. Several common types of figures of speech are defined - simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and irony - along with examples. The importance of understanding figurative language is mentioned. Readers are then directed to answer questions differentiating literal and figurative language, and to identify figures of speech in sample sentences.

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FILL-IN-THE-BLANK STORIES

"Joe hopped _____ down the hill.”

a. Like a frog

b. Carried a ton of apples

c. The trees whispered and danced in the breeze


“He met Jill who _____.”

a. Like a frog

b. Carried a ton of apples

c. The trees whispered and danced in the breeze


The two of them loved to go to the park where _____.

a. Like a frog

b. Carried a ton of apples

c. The trees whispered and danced in the breeze


FIGURES OF SPEECH
FIGURES OF SPEECH

It is figurative language in the form


of a single word or phrase.
Figurative means language that goes beyond the
normal meaning of the words used.

Based on or making use of figures of speech; metaphorical

Represeted by a figure or symbol.


Literal means the actual, dictionary meaning
of the word; language that means what it appears to mean.

Avoiding exaggeration, metaphor, or


embellishment.
Example:

Literal: The sky is pale blue with clouds.


(It means what it says.)

Figurative: The sky is full of dancing stars.


(The sky seems to have many twinkling
starts in it, so many that they look like
they are moving around using dace motions.)
TYPES OF FIGURES OF SPEECH
Simile

A figure of speech that compares two things that


are different from each other but have similar
qualities. They are generally formed through
the usage of the words “as” or “like”.

Example:

Her expression was as cold as ice.


Last night Bob slept like a log.
Metaphor

Used for implying a comparison between two


things that have something in common but are in
general different from each other.

Example:

Romeo and Juliet: What light through yonder


window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet, the sun!

He broke my heart.
Personification

Which attributes human nature or human


qualities to abstract or inanimate objects.

Example:

The tree bowed and waved to me in the wind.

The opportunity knocked at his door.


Hyperbole

Is a figure of speech that consists of exaggeration.

Example:

I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!


Ten thousand suns light up this room.
Irony

Is a contradiction between what happens and


what you expect to happen.

Example:

A fireman afraid of fire.

Telling a rude customer to “have a nice day”


Direction: Answer the following questions.

1.Differentiate literal and figurative language.

2.What is the importance of knowing figurative language?


Direction: Identify what types of figures of speech
are used in the sentence.

1.She’s older than dirt.


2.Time is money.
3.She eats like a pig.
4.The snowflakes danced.
5.Your hands are as clean as mud.
Thank you!

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