1. Figures of Speech
Common in Literature
P. Wall

2. All language is either LITERAL or FIGURATIVE.

3. LITERAL language means exactly what it says.
The weather is nice today.
For lunch, I had a burrito from my favorite taco truck.

4. However…
we often use language that is NOT INTENDED to be taken literally.

5. Non-literal language is called FIGURATIVE.

6. Figures of speech common in literature:
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Metonymy

7. Simile.
A comparison between two unlike things.

8. I slept like a log.

9. He’s as American as apple pie.

10. 2. Metaphor.
A simile without “as” or “like.”

11. Life is a roller coaster.

12. He is a night owl.

13. 3.

17. 4. Hyperbole.
Exaggeration to make a point.

23. 5.

24. “Lend me your ears.”

26. Logos are a type of metonomy.