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What is figurative language?
Figurative language
- Uses figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive, and
impactful
- Metaphors, similes go beyond the literal meanings of the
words to give readers new insights
- Alliteration, imageries, onomatopoeia are figurative devices
that appeal to the senses of the readers
TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
1. Hyperbole
2. Synecdoche
3. Simile
4. Onomatopoeia
5. Personification
6. Assonance
7. Metaphor
8. Anaphora
9. Alliteration
Hyperbole
- Derived from a Greek word meaning “over-casting”
- Involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis
Example:
1. It’s been ages since I last saw you.
2. Your suitcase weighs a ton!
3. I am trying to solve a million issues these days.
Simile
- Makes comparison, showing similarities between two different things
- Uses “like” and “as”
Example:
1. John is as slow as a snail.
2. Our soldiers are as brave as lions.
3. Her cheeks are red like a rose.
Metaphor
- Makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are
unrelated, but which share some common characteristics
Example:
1. My brother is the black sheep of the family.
2. My brother was boiling mad.
3. Her voice is music to his ears.
Personification
- A thing – an idea or an animal – is given human attributes
Example:
1. The fire swallowed the entire forest.
2. The sky weeps.
3. The flowers danced.
Onomatopoeia
- Is defined as a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing
Example:
1. The buzzing bee flew away.
2. Tweet!
3. He looked at the roaring.
Assonance
- Takes place when two or more words, close to one another repeat the same
vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds
Example:
1. Men sell the wedding bells
2. Go and mow the lawn
3. We light fire on the mountain
Alliteration
- It is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first
consonant sound occur close together in a series
Example:
1. A big bully beats a baby boy
2. William Wordsworth
3. But a better butter makes a batter better
Anaphora
- The repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic
effect
Example:
1. My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration.
2. Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better.
3. I want my money right now, right here, all right?
Synecdoche
- A part of something represents the whole, or it may use a whole to represent a
part
Example:
1. Writing is my bread and butter.
2. He is the sole breadwinner.
3. The soldiers were equipped with steel.