Figures of Speech

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Figures of Speech

• English 8
• Mr. Jaswinski
• June 7, 2001

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Hyperbole

• Obvious exaggeration for effect
• I laughed my head off at that joke.

3
Dialect

• The deliberate use of slang and natural language
• You oughta known bettern than ta sass me no
  more, Zeke.

4
Alliteration

• The repetition of beginning sounds in successive
  words
• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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Assonance

• Repetition of vowel sounds in successive words
• Joan knows the only way to go home.

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Personification

• The assigning of human attributes to an abstract
  idea or concrete object
• As I walked in the woods, I was in awe as Demeter
  came by with her daughter, Persephone.

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Allusion

• An indirect reference to a selection from the
  Bible, mythology, literature, or other sources
• Friends, Romans, and Freshmen, lend me your ears.

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Onomatopoeia

• The use of a word that imitates a sound
• I cant stand that ducks quacking this early in
  the morning!

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Metaphor

• Comparison of two unlike objects without using
  like or as
• Hes merely a puppet in the companys
  organization.

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Simile

• Comparison of two different objects by using like
  or as
• Mary Louise sings like an angel.
• Percy was as hungry as a horse.

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Conclusion

• Remember to look for figures of speech in your
  reading, and use them creatively in your writing

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