FIGURES OF SPEECH

My brother was hard to teacher when he was little. But now, he can easily burp the alphabet.

• METONYMY

• ONOMATOPOEIA

• PERSONIFICATION

• HYPERBOLE

I had fought with my classmate yesterday during our English class. He punched me in my face and it came as fast as lightning.

• METAPHOR

• HYPERBOLE

• PERSONIFICATION

• SIMILE

Blow-by-blow, the reporters busily broadcasted the happenings.

• IDIOM

• ALLITERATION

• ASSONANCE

• IRONY

Michael is both blind and deaf. Though he is a physically-challenged person, he is still successful in his own little ways.

• IRONY

• EUPHEMISM

• HYPERBOLE

• METONYMY

This homework is a piece of cake that can't be possibly finished today.

• HYPERBOLE

• EUPHEMISM

• METONYMY

• IRONY

I have been experiencing financial and emotional crisis since my brother passed away. Life is really a roller coaster of emotions.

• IRONY

• METAPHOR

• IDIOM

• LITERAL

Politicians are powerful but some of them are incompetent. That is why justice is blind and, at times, deaf.

• SIMILE

• IRONY

• PERSONIFICATION

• EUPHEMISM

1. My heart has been skipping around in my chest since I saw her.

• HYPERBOLE

• ONOMATOPOEIA

• LITERAL

• PERSONIFICATION

My teacher asked me to present my report tomorrow morning. I feel nervous now and I have no choice but to be on my fullest and get my act together.

• IDIOM

• LITERAL

• METAPHOR

• IRONY

I received a text message from my mom telling me that I should go home tonight. I told my friends to

leave them at 9. Then, I had known that the party died as soon as I left the part.

• PERSONIFICATION

• HYPERBOLE

• EUPHEMISM

• METONYMY