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    This document provides an overview of common figures of speech including simile, metaphor, and personification. It defines each figure of speech and provides examples. Simile makes a comparison between two things using like, as, or than. Metaphor makes a comparison without using like or as. Personification gives human qualities to non-human things. The document encourages identifying figures of speech in everyday language and other texts as a way to practice recognizing these literary devices.

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    This document provides an overview of common figures of speech including simile, metaphor, and personification. It defines each figure of speech and provides examples. Simile makes a comparison between two things using like, as, or than. Metaphor makes a comparison without using like or as. Personification gives human qualities to non-human things. The document encourages identifying figures of speech in everyday language and other texts as a way to practice recognizing these literary devices.

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    Figures of Speech

    Feature Menu

    Figures of Speech
    Simile
    Metaphor
    Personification
    Review
    Practice
    Figures of Speech

    Figure of speech—word or phrase that makes a


    comparison between seemingly unlike things.

    He collapsed onto the grass like a half-empty


    flour sack.
    from “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst

    You’ll come across figures of speech—or figurative


    language—in poetry, in prose, and in everyday
    speaking and writing.
    Figures of Speech

    Figures of speech
    • are not literally true
    • make imaginative connections
    • express meaning in fresh and
    original ways
    • often act as a kind of shorthand
    Figures of Speech

    Some figures of speech have become part of our


    everyday language. We don’t even think about the
    fact that they aren’t literally true.

    He didn’t notice how quickly the time


    flew by.
    My heart leapt at the thought.
    She must have gotten tied up in traffic.
    His room is a pigsty.

    [End of Section]
    Simile

    Simile—comparison between two unlike things,


    using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles.

    A lone oak tree stood in the front yard


    like an aged but dedicated sentry.

    The dew on the leaves glistened as


    brilliantly as loose diamonds on silk.

    That child’s eyes are warmer than the


    summer’s sandy beach.
    Simile
    Quick Check
    Identify the two
    My mother has the prettiest tricks
    similes in this
    Of words and words and words. excerpt.
    Her talk comes out as smooth and sleek
    As breasts of singing birds.
    ......................
    What meaning
    We had not dreamed these things were so is expressed by
    Of sorrow and of mirth. each simile?
    Her speech is as a thousand eyes
    Through which we see the earth.
    —from “Songs for my Mother” by Anna
    Hempstead Branch
    [End of Section]
    Metaphor

    Metaphor
    • comparison between two unlike things in which
    one thing becomes the other
    • does not use a word such as like or as

    The flood waters rose, and


    the river became a ravenous
    monster. Raging on for
    hours, it consumed
    everything in its sight.
    Metaphor

    Poets use metaphors to make the reader think


    about new ways of seeing things.
    • What is the poet trying to say with this
    metaphor?

    My heart it was a floating bird


    That through the world did wander free,
    But he hath locked it in a cage,
    And lost the silver key.
    —from “The Prince” by Josephine Dodge Daskam
    Metaphor

    A direct metaphor directly compares two things


    using a verb such as is.
    His ideas were a flock of birds
    in flight.

    An indirect metaphor implies or suggests the


    comparison.
    His ideas spread their wings and soared freely.
    Metaphor
    Quick Check
    Identify each
    This computer is a dinosaur.
    metaphor as
    either direct
    She stared at me with venomous or indirect.
    eyes and hissed out her reply.

    The old motorcycle barked and


    yipped before it started up with
    a howl.

    Today my mind is the wind


    blowing across rolling hills.

    [End of Section]
    Personification

    Personification—special kind of metaphor in


    which human qualities are given to something that
    is not human—an animal, an object, or an idea.

    The sun was shining on the sea,


    Shining with all his might:
    He did his very best to make
    The billows smooth and bright.
    —from “The Walrus and the Carpenter” by Lewis Carroll

    [End of Section]
    Review
    Quick Check
    Identify each
    Spring caresses the earth and
    figure of speech.
    sky with her warm, delicate hands.
    • Simile
    • Metaphor
    Our friendship is as comfortable • Personification
    as a pair of flannel pajamas.

    The old factory had become a


    heaving, grunting beast.

    [End of Section]
    Practice

    Figures of speech are widely used.


    Look through a newspaper or magazine, including
    the advertisements, and gather at least six figures
    of speech. Look for examples of similes,
    metaphors, and personification.

    [End of Section]
    The End

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