By: Gloria Steinem

How a Good Greyhound is shaped

By: Christina Rossetti

My Dog
How a Good Greyhound is shaped Simile
A figure of speech involving the
comparison of one thing with
another thing of a different kind.
It uses as or like.
Example: Simile

A head like a snake.

Metaphor
 Metaphor
A figure of speech that
compare two unlike
objects directly. It doesnt
use the word like or
Example: as.
The night is a big black
cat.
Hey Diddle
by: Carl Sandburg

Personification
 Personification
It is a figure of speech
that is giving life to
inanimate objects.

Example:
The dish ran away with
the spoon.
My Dog Hyperbole
 Hyperbole
It is a figure of speech that
exaggerated statement or
claims not meant to be
taken literally.
 Hyperbole
Example:
Little girl is
my dog, she
sleep like a
log.
 Figure of speech
It is a word or phrase that
has a meaning something
different than its literal
meaning. It is used to add
color to the language.
Types of Figure of Speech

Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Site an examples
A figure of speech involving the comparison
of one thing with another thing of a different
kind. It uses as or like.

a. Simile b. Metaphor
c. Personification d. Hyperbole
A figure of speech involving the comparison
of one thing with another thing of a different
kind. It uses as or like.

a. Simile b. Metaphor
c. Personification d. Hyperbole
A figure of speech that compare two unlike
objects directly. It doesnt use the word
like or as.

a. Simile b. Hyperbole

c. Personification d. Metaphor
A figure of speech that compare two unlike
objects directly. It doesnt use the word
like or as.

a. Simile b. Hyperbole

c. Personification d. Metaphor
It is a figure of speech that is giving
life to inanimate objects.

a. Simile b. Hyperbole

c. Personification d. Metaphor
It is a figure of speech that is giving
life to inanimate objects.

a. Simile b. Hyperbole

c. Personification d. Metaphor
It is a figure of speech that
exaggerated statement or claims
not meant to be taken literally.

a. Simile b. Hyperbole

c. Personification d. Metaphor
It is a figure of speech that
exaggerated statement or claims
not meant to be taken literally.

a. Simile b. Hyperbole

c. Personification d. Metaphor
Analyse the sentence and choose the correct
figure of speech inside the box then write your
answer on the
simileblank personification
provided. metaphor
hyperbole
_______________1. The clouds are as white as snow.
_______________ 2. My mother is an angel.
_______________ 3. The plane soars as high as the sky.
_______________ 4. The wind whispered soft music to my ears.
_______________ 5. Fly me to the moon.
_______________ 6. Love is a box of chocolates. Youll never know what you
get.
_______________ 7. My alarm clock yells at me every morning.
_______________ 8. My cousin runs as fast as a deer.
_______________ 9. It was so cold. I saw polar bears wearing jackets.
_______________ 10. The wind howled in the night.