Figure of SpEech Ppt

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Figures ofSpeechCollected and edited by EP Prasad


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Figures of SpeechFigures of speech are words or phrases

that depart from straightforward

literal language. Figures of speech

are often used and crafted for

emphasis, freshness, expression, orclarity.


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Types of Figures of SpeechSimile

Metaphor

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole


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SIMILEA simile is the comparison of two

Unlike things using or .He eats like a pig.

You are as pretty as a picture.like as


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METAPHORA metaphor is the comparison oftwo unlike things or expressions,sometimes using the verb to be,and not using like or as (as in a

simile).To be (am, is, are, was, were)


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METAPHORHe is a pig.

You area tulip.From A Meditation for his Mistress

~Robert Herrick


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ALLITERATIONAlliteration is the of

initial consonant sounds of

neighboring words.

Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

repetition


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ALLITERATIONShe left the Heaven ofHeroes and came down

To make a man to meet the mortal need,A man to match the mountains and the sea,

The friendly welcome of the wayside well.From Lincoln, the Man of the People

~Edwin Markham


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ONOMATOPOEIA(on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh)

An onomatopoeia is a word that imitatesthe it represents.

The chimingof the bellsThe boomof the explosion

sound


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ONOMATOPOEIATinkling sleigh bellsClanging fire bells

Mellow chiming wedding bellsTolling, moaning, and groaning funeralbells

From The Bells~Edgar Allan Poe


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HYPERBOLEA hyperbole is an or

an .=His feet are as big as boats!I nearly died laughing!

exaggerationoverstatement


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HYPERBOLEHere once the embattled farmers stood

And fired .

From The Concord Hymn

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

the shot heard round the world


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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!He clattered and clanged as he

washed the dishes.

(A) Simile

(B) Onomatopoeia(C) Hyperbole


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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!

Life is a beach!(A)Metaphor

(B)Alliteration

(C) Simile


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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!PeterPiperpicked a peck ofpickled peppers.

~Mother Goose

(A) Onomatopoeia

(B) Hyperbole

(C) Alliteration


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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!The river falls under us like a

trap door.

(A) Onomatopoeia

(B) Simile(C) Metaphor


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Im so hungry I could eat a horse!

(A) Hyperbole

(B) Metaphor

(C) Onomatopoeia


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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!Dont delay dawns disarming display.

Dusk demands daylight.

From Dewdrops Dancing Down Daises~Paul Mc Cann

(A)Onomatopoeia(B) Alliteration

(C) Hyperbole


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Ive heard that joke a billiontimes, but it still cracks me up!

(A) Simile

(B) Metaphor(C) Hyperbole


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The glass vase is as fragile as achilds sandcastle.

(A) Metaphor

(B)Alliteration(C) Simile


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The buzzing bee startled me!

(A) Hypberbole

(B) Onomatopoeia

(C) Metaphor


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She looked at him with fire in hereyes.

(A)Alliteration

(B) Simile(C) Metaphor


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USE YOUR NOGGIN!Write a story about an experiencein your life in 2-3 paragraphs.

Use each of the figures of speechwe learned today!

(Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration,Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole)


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