FIGURES OF SPEECH

1. PERSONIFICATION

1.1. Non-living things, abstract ideas or qualities are mentioned as humans or living things.

1.2. Example: Angry clouds surrounded the island.

2. APOSTROPHE

2.1. Inanimate objects are mentioned being alive.

2.2. Example: O holy night!

3. OXYMORON

3.1. Contrasting words used in a same sentence creating paradoxical ideas in reader's mind.

3.2. Example: Life is bittersweet.

4. PUN

4.1. Humorous use of the same word with two diiferent meanings.

4.2. Example: A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired.

5. ONOMATOPOEIA

5.1. The word is used to describe a sound.

5.2. Example: I could hear the leaves rustling and the wind howling.

6. PERSONIFICATION

7. SIMILE

7.1. Comparison of completely unlocked things.

7.2. LIKE, SO, AS are used.

7.3. Example: The flower is as pretty as a picture.

7.4. Example: Her eyes sparkled like diamonds.

8. METAPHOR

8.1. Informal or implied simile.

8.2. Example: You are the apple of my eye.

9. HYPERBOLE

9.1. Reinforcing the point by exaggerating.

9.2. Example: The robber ran faster than lightning.

10. ALLITERATION

10.1. Repetition of a sound or a letter at the beginning of two or more words.

10.2. Example: Purple pandas painted portraits.