Figures of Speech8th Grade English

Miss Moorcroft

Similea figure of speech comparing

two unlike things that is often

introduced by like or as.

Examples:

He runs as fast as lighting.

George ate so much he feels

as fat as a pig.

Hank slept like a log.

Metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them.

La silla

Examples:

You’re a peach!

Silk of the singer’s voice.

You are my guardian angel.

Personification

attribution of personal qualities

Or representation of a thing or abstraction as a

person or by the human form.

Examples:

The trees danced back and forth in the wind.

The sweet smell of pie pulled me into the kitchen. The sun is smiling at us today.

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