Figures of Speech

FIGURES OF SPEECH

HELLO! LETS MAKE LEARNING AS EASY AS PIE, SHALL WE?

FIGURES OF SPEECH

• SIMILE

• METAPHOR

• ONOMATOPOEIA

• PERSONIFICATION

• ALLITERATION

• HYPERBOLE

• OXYMORON

SIMILE

COMPARISON USING 'AS' AND 'LIKE'

TASK WAS AS EASY AS PIE

THE SISTERS ARE AS ALIKE AS TWO PEAS IN A POD

METAPHOR

COMPARISON WITHOUT 'AS' AND 'LIKE'

LIFE IS A JOURNEY

HE HAS THE HEART OF A LION

ONOMATOPOEIA

WORDS USED TO DESCRIBE A SOUND

HER HEELS CLACKED ON THE HARDWOOD FLOOR

THE LEAVES RUSTLED AND THE WIND HOWLED

PERSONIFICATION

NON LIVING THINGS, IDEAS MENTIONED AS LIVING THINGS

THE PICTURE SAYS ALOT

FEAR GRIPPED THE PATIENT WHO WAITED FOR THE DIOGNOSIS

ALLITERATION

SERIES OF WORDS STARTING WITH TE SAME LETTER

SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS ON THE SEA SHORE

DIRTY DOLPHINS DOVE ACROSS THE OCEANS

HYPERBOLE

AN EXAGGERATION - NOT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY

HE RAN FASTER THAN LIGHTNING

I HAVE A MILLION THINGS TO DO TODAY

OXYMORON

2 WORDS USED IN A SENTANCE THAT CONTRAST EACH OTHER

IT WAS A BITTERSWEET DAY

ACT NATURALLY

QUIZ TIME

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS!

Multiple Choice

We're busy doing nothing.

• OXYMORON

• METAPHOR

Poll

THE LINE GIVEN BELOW IS A SIMILE, YES OR NO?

"The computers at school are old dinosaurs."

• YES

• NO