FIGURES OF SPEECH & METAPHOR FORMS

Name: _______________________

 FIGURES OF SPEECH & METAPHORS      

Figures of Speech are creative expressions that INTENTIONALLY DEVIATE, on purpose are different  from their normal, literal

meanings so as to create a MORE VIVID, FANCIFUL EFFECT.

Some figures of speech are:  oxymoron, synesthesia, metaphor,

personification, simile, etc.

METAPHOR:  a metaphor is when one thing is spoken or written of as something else;  “I am the apapane.”    “He is the alien ant.” (x is y)

OXYMORON (x + y’s opposite or x’s opposite + y): 

two opposite words together:

frozen fire, quiet riot, smart fool, intelligent idiot, soft rock

1) _____________   _____________          4) __________   ___________

2) _____________   _____________         5) __________   ___________

3) _____________   _____________          6) __________   ___________

SYNESTHESIA (x’s sensation + y=onomatopoeia): 

two sense words together:

(fragrance/smell + sound, or color/sight + sound)

maile melody, ginger giggle, honey hum, lavender laughter,

vinegar voice, turquoise splash, crimson clatter, scarlet sigh,

purple patter, cobalt clash, copper tinkle, indigo whir

1) ____________  _____________         4) ___________  ___________

2) ____________  _____________         5) ___________  ___________

3) ____________  _____________          6) ___________  ___________

ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE A METAPHOR IS:

___x__     of   ___y___.

Combine two unrelated nouns with the word “of.”

waterfall of gardenias, bouquet of silence, mountain of words,

 wings of light, tears of darkness, ribbon of echoes, echo of emptiness.

1) ___________  of ____________        

2) ___________  of ____________        

3) ___________  of ____________        

ANOTHER METAPHOR FORM:  X’S Y

TO CREATE THIS METAPHOR, SIMPLY REMOVE THE “OF” FROM

THE ABOVE METAPHOR, AND ADD A POSSESSIVE APOSTROPHE.

The waterfall’s gardenias, the bouquet’s silence, the mountain’s words,

The wing’s light, the tear’s darkness, the ribbon’s echo, the echo’s emptiness.

SIMILE:  a simile is when one thing is compared or contrasted to something else using the words “as” or “like”:

“She is smart as sun knowing when to shine.” 

“He is handsome like the dolphins spinning in the sea.”

ORDINARY SIMILES are ones used a lot of the time; they are tired,

DO NOT USE THEM (fast as lightning, good as gold, sweet as sugar).

USE ONLY EXTRAORDINARY (unique, one-of-a-kind) SIMILE:

(You have to think harder because these simile are brand new and

  have never been heard before):

    Simile:                  Ordinary:                           Extraordinary:

1)  Soft as             _________________         ____________________.

2)  Fast as         _________________         ____________________.

3) Smart as          _________________         ____________________.

4)  Stupid as         _________________         ____________________.

5)  Bright as         _________________         ____________________.