FIGURE OF SPEECH

The righteous shall flourish as a palm tree

Good coffee is like friendship rich! strong and "arm#
$s smooth as a sandpaper
$s green as desert
The street "as a furnace and sun an e%ecutioner
&rain#
The nature had the "ounds and cried for help#
'h(! the man ! if ri)er "ere dr( ! I am a&le to fill it "ith tears#
*( grandfather kicked the &ucket three decades &ack#
'e feel sorr( &ut "e ha)e to let (ou go#
The &uilding is little &it &ig and prett( ugl(#
The &last "as follo"ed &( a deafening silence#
I can not resist an(thing e%cept temptation#
Her speeches are as en+o(a&le as root canal treatment#
,ou can al"a(s count on the "ord of a liar#
From the cradle to the gra)e#
,ou must address the chair#
Friend! Roman! countr(men !-end me (our ear#
I am not little amused#
.ill li)es in a large &uilding so his apartment must &e large#
Tens of thousands of $mericans ha)e seen lights in the night sk( "hich the( could not identified#
The e%istence of life on other planets is fast &ecoming certainit(#
The electoral college is an anti/uated s(stem ! so I "ill go shopping#
He started out as an unpaid )olunteer for Caucus Cocamam( Compan( and "orked himself into a full
time temporar( position# The &uilding he "orked in "as a huge monolithic structure that seemed to
spring up from a cement like a huge pointing finger#
$t first he liked the position ! &ut latel( his &oss seems slightl( insulting to"ards him "hich caused him
to respond in an aggressi)e manner# The truth of the matter "as that he needed that +o& to pa( for his
mortgages and feed his not so small famil(#He let out a silent scream of remorse "hen his inconsiderate!
sidious! incoherent! idiot of a &oss asked him to "ork o)ertime for one0thousandth time#
Consider the man( other metaphors in this categor( of 1"arm and cold#1 E%amples2
3# $fter the meeting I "as gi)en a 1chill( reception &( m( &oss#1
4# I thought he "as m( friend &ut "hen I said hello! he 1ga)e me the cold shoulder#1
5# I "as 1&oiling mad1 after that encounter in the street#
6# 'hen m( "ife ga)e me the &ill for her shopping! 1smoke "as coming out of m( ears#1 Can
smoke reall( come out of (our ears7
8# In high school! 1she "as reall( hot for me#1
9# 'hat a 1"arm reception1 "e got at the part(#1
:# ;uring the soft &all game! m( friend told me to 1chill out1 "hen I struck out#
:# This ne" manager in the department seems to &e 1a cold hearted person#1
<# *an! I "as 1stone cold so&er1 "hen I ran that red light#
There are man( e%amples that fit into other sensor( categories2 1;uring the inter)ie"! I had
&utterflies in m( stomach#1 1That mid term e%am made me sick to m( stomach#1
'hat do (ou think a&out metaphors7 ,ou see! I am 1putting out feelers1 to tr( and learn "hether
or not (ou liked this posting#
$llan =# Sch"art>! Ph;
Figure of Speech ? 'hen the meaning of the "ords ha)e a 1deep1 meaning! "hich is different
from the 1surface1 meaning# @The meaning of the "hole is different than the sum of its partsA#
Apostrophe ? speaking to an inanimate o&+ect! or to a person "ho is a&sent
E%ample2 Oh, Rain, how long will you fall upon me?
Hyperbole ? e%aggeration to effect an emotional response
E%ample2 It'll take me a million years to fix this problem.
Metaphor ? one thing is e/uated "ith another Bnot related! &ut ha)e some common groundC
that common ground is supposed to gi)e understandingD
Personification ? an inanimate o&+ect or animal is gi)en human /ualities
E%ample2 The night embraced me and the moon smiled down upon me.
Metonymy ? one thing used to refer to another Brelated and used for reference, not understandingD
Synecdoche ? part represents the "hole Ba kind of meton(m(D
E%ample2 God bless the hands which prepared this food.
The hands BpartD refers to the person B"holeD "hich o"ns the hands#
Oxymoron ? t"o contradictor( "ords used together
E%ample2 hildhood is so bittersweet.
E%ample2 Time can pass so slowly or so quickly.
E%ample2 I am an idiotic genius.
Simile ? t"o things sho"n to &e similar in some "a(
E%ample2 As sly as a fox
E%ample2 As wise as an owl
E%ample2 !at like a bird Beat )er( littleD