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What do we mean
by“Figures
A figure of speech ofor
Speech”?
rhetorical figure is
figurative language in the
form of a single word or
phrase. It can be a special
repetition, arrangement or
What are the different types
of Figures of Speech?
The Different types of
Figures
• Simile of Speech are:
• Litotes
• Metaphor • Assonance
• Hyperbole • Anticlimax
• Personifica • Climax
tion • Irony
• Alliteratio • Apostroph
n e
• Synecdoc • Allusion
And many
he • Oxymoronmore….
What is Simile?
 Simile
A figure of speech involving the
comparison of one thing with
another thing of a different
kind, used to make a
description more emphatic or
vivid.
Simile comes from the Latin
word similis
 Similes and metaphors are often
confused with one another. The
main difference between a simile
and metaphor is that a simile uses
the words "like" or "as" to draw a
comparison and a metaphor
simply states the comparison
without using "like" or "as". An
 Examples of Simile:
• He is as cold as ice.
• My love for you is as deep as
the ocean.
• This relationship is as tough as
iron.
• You’re as hot as hell.
• You are as blind as a bat.
• My heart is like an open
What is Metaphor?
 Metaphor
-is a figure of speech that describes an
object or action in a way that isn't
literally true, but helps explain an idea or
make a comparison. 
Unlike a simile, where two things are
compared directly using like or as, a
metaphor's comparison is more indirect
Examples of Metaphor:
• Her lovely voice was music
to his ears.
•  The alligator’s teeth are
white daggers.
• Their home was a prison.
• The slide on the
playground was a hot
stove.
• His heart is a cold iron.
• She is a peacock.
• He is a shining star.
 More Examples:
• Her tears were a river flowing
down her cheeks.
• Your brain is a computer.
• Jamal was a pig at dinner.
• You are my sunshine.
• The car was a furnace in the
sun.
• Thank you so much. You are an
angel.
After explaining Simile and
Metaphor, Do you know
what’s Hyperbole?
 Hyperbole
(‘high-purr-bo-lee’)

is a figure of speech in
which an author or speaker
purposely and obviously
exaggerates to an extreme. It is
used for emphasis or as a way
of making a description more
Examples of Hyperbole:
• She’s going to die of
embarrassment.
• Spring break will never
come.
• That suitcase weighed a
ton!
Now that you already know what
are Simile, Metaphor and
Hyperbole, it means you can
answer this drill!
DRILL.
Directions: Raise your hand if you want
to answer. Say if the given sentence is
Simile,ran
1.He Metaphor
as fastor as
Hyperbole.
the speed of
Simile
light. Simile
2.She swims like a fish. Simile
3.She got a neck like a pipe.
Metap
hor
Metap
6.I could sleep for a year.
Hyper
7.That food was so hot mybole
Hyper
bole
ears were smoking Hyper
bole
8.He cried so long that Simile
he
made a lake!
9.He was as busy as bee.Simile
 Thank you for
listening!
Hope you learned
something from our
presentation!