1. Metaphor Example:Metaphor is when you "I am a rainbow" is a example ofuse two nouns andmetaphor because it is comparingcompare or contrasttwo nouns, a person, and a rainbow,them to one another. but does not use like or as.Unlike simile, youdont use "like" or "as"in the comparison.

2. Example:Simile Shrek: Ogres are like onions. Donkey: They stink?A figure of speech inShrek: Yes. No!which things different Donkey: They make you cry?in kind or quality are Shrek: No!compared by the useDonkey: You leave them out in theof the word like or as sun, they get all brown, start sprouting little white hairs. Shrek: No! Layers! Onions have layers! (Shrek, 2001) 3. Example:Irony I have no doubt your theatricalperformance will receive the praiseThe use of words to conveythe opposite of their literalit so richly deserves.meaning; a statement orsituation where themeaning is contradicted bythe appearance orpresentation of the idea 4. Example:Personification She did not realize that opportunity was knocking at her doorAssigns the qualities of aperson to something thatisnt human or in somecases to something thatisnt alive.Can be used to emphasizea point 5. Examples:Symbol A heart means loveSomething that represents Tears- Emotionsomething else by Red light means stopassociation, resemblance,or convention Light bulb means new idea 6. Examples:Pun Sir Lancelot once had a very bad dram about his horse. It was a knightA play of words, either ondifferent senses of the mare.same word or on the Our social studies teacher says thatsimilar sense or sound ofher globe means the world to her.different words. 7. Example:Motif Moon shadows(shades of darkness)A recurring theme or A candle(a light in darkness)verbal pattern in a single A ray of sunshine(through thetext or a number ofdarkness)different texts 8. Example:Understatement I have to have this operation. It isntvery serious. I just have a tumor onWhen a writer or speakerdeliberately makes amy brainsituation seem lessimportant or serious thanit is. 9. Example:Euphemism Passed away diedThe substitution of Im busy Leave me the hellan inoffensive termalonefor one considered Your being let go Your Firedoffensively explicit 10. Examples:Hyperbole It was so cold, I saw polar bearswearing jackets.An extremeexaggeration used I am so hungry I can eat a horseto make a point. I had a ton of homeworkOpposite of anunderstatement 11. Example:Litote Not attractive You are not wrongIs a figure of Not unlikespeech in whichunderstatement isemployed for arhetorical effectwhen an idea isexpressed by adenial of itsopposite,principally adouble negative. 12. Example:Metonymy Crown is for loyaltyIn which one wordor phrase is Fear gives wingssubstituted foranother which it isclosely associated;describessomethingindirectly byreferring to thethings around it 13. Example:Oxymoron Great DepressionIn which Criminal Justiceincongruous or Hells Angelscontradictoryterms appear sideby side. Known as acompressedparadox 14. Example:Paradox The swiftest traveler is he thatgoes afoot.In which a War is Peace.statement Freedom is slavery.appears to Ignorance is strength.contradict itself 15. Example:Synecdoche White-collar criminalsIn which a part is used to All hands on deckrepresent the whole or the Friends, Romans, countrymen, lendwhole for a part.me your ears.Treated as a type ofmetonymy 16. Example:Allegory The idea of human nature and theneed to put oneself ahead of othersThe rhetorical strategy ofextending a metaphorcould not be represented betterthrough an entire narrative than the classic tale of Lord of theso that object, persons,Flies. The novel describes the storyand actions in the text are of a group of boys stuck on aequated with meaning that deserted island, representedlie outside the textallegorically through depictions of arational mind, democracy, order andcivility.