Figures of Speech POETRY:

Figures of Speech A figure of speech is always based on a comparison, and it is NOT literally true. “I’m going to give you a piece of my mind.” “My heart is broken.” “He talks like a robot!” “She’s a fox.” “Come on, girl!” She said to her car. “Don’t break down!”

Figures of Speech: SIMILE METAPHOR PERSONIFICATION

Simile The moon shines like a fifty-cent piece. Eva’s eyes are as glassy as marbles. Lucy feels lighter than a grasshopper. A fork looks like a bird’s foot. Life is like an onion; it makes you cry. When two dissimilar things are compared using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles

Metaphor You are a pig! Men’s words are bullets. The rain came down in needles, pricking my skin. That assignment was a breeze. Our life is a dream. A comparison between two unlike things without the use of a word such as like or as

Types of Metaphors Directly compares the two things using a verb such as “is” “The city is a sleeping woman.” Implies or suggests the comparison between the two things without stating it directly “The city sleeps peacefully.” Direct MetaphorImplied Metaphor Extended Metaphor A comparison developed over several lines of writing

Personification Bad weather will rear its ugly head! China’s economy is a struggling giant. You have a stubborn cough. Love is blind. The snowman was alone, and the cold was too much for him to bear. A special kind of metaphor in which human qualities are given to something that is not human – an animal, an object, etc.

F.O.S Practice Look through -a magazine, including the advertisements -your textbook (p ) and gather at least FIVE figures of speech. Write down the example and then label it. 1.Mona Hill ran like the wind. (Simile) 2.… ( ) 3.… ( )