SIMILE EXAMPLE : You are as brave as a lion Joyce voice sounded like an angel’s from heaven I am as tall as giraffe The sun was a bright as a ray of light My boyfriend is as sweet as sugar His feelings for me are as cold as ice
Metaphor You are the apple of my eye Success is a mountain to climb Laughter is the best medicine She is an angel falling from the heaven My classmates is a real pig when he eats Her words are music to my ears
Personification The story jumped off the page The sun kissed me while I was clicking a picture I felt like the food kept calling me. The sun smiled happily down at us. The trees danced in the wind. The wind whispered softly in the night The flowers were begging for water.
Parallelism – a parallel construction in which similar or repeated words, phrases, clauses or sentence structure appear Easy come, easy go! I came, I saw, I conquered! I love you, you love me, we love each other When you are right, you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong , you cannot be too conservative. What you see is what you get
APOSTROPHE OH DEATH, COME AND TAKE ME AWAY! BRIGHT STAR, HOW I WISH I WERE AS STEADFAST AS THOUGH ART HELLO DARKNESS, MY OLD FRIEND. I’VE COME TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN WHY DON’T YOU EVER WORK, YOU STUPID COMPUTER
METONYMY WE MUST WAIT TO HEAR FROM THE CROWN UNTIL WE MAKE ANY FURTHER DECISISONS GIVE ME A HAND ( means to give someone help) Lend me your ear ( means listen to me)
Allusion – it is a figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person or event I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio’s. ---lying He’s a regular Albert Einstein – smart My desk looks like Hurricane Katrina ---messy She was a Good Samaritan when she helped the older lady. ---bible Kenjie had a smile rivaled only by that of the Mona Liza
Rhetorical Questions Robe is this way to speak to your mother? If you poison us, do we not die? Do you think, I’m crazy? Do pigs fly? Why is this happening to me? Does God sleep or not?
HYPERBOLE I LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK CRY ME A RIVER I’VE SEEN THAT MOVIE A THOUSAND TIMES I’M SO TIRED I COULD SLEEP FOR A MILLION YEARS HIS PATIENCE IS THINNER THAN A HAIR I’VE CLIMBED A MILLION STARS TO SUCCESS
SYNECDOCHE TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE THE HAND THAT ONCE HELPED EVERYONE WAS NOW OUTSTRETCHED I’VE GOT TOO MANY MOUTH TO FEED CHECK OUT MY NEW WHEELS THE STRINGS WERE PRAISED FOR THEIR EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE
QUIZ 1. Robe is this way to speak to your mother ? - RQ 2 . I’M SO TIRED, I COULD SLEEP FOR A MILLION YEARS. - HYPERBOLE 3 . My desk looks like Hurricane Katrina --- ALLUSION 4 . The sun kissed me while I was clicking a picture. -- PERSONIFICATION 5 . HELLO DARKNESS, MY OLD FRIEND. I’VE COME TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN. - APOSTROPHE
6. I’VE GOT TOO MANY MOUTH TO FEED. --- SYNECDOCHE 7. The White house declared that we are at war with Mars. ---- Metonymy 8. When you are right, you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong , you cannot be too conservative. ---- PARALLELISM 9 . My boyfriend is as sweet as sugar. ----- SIMILE 10. She’s got a heart of gold. ---- Metaphor
11. Do a quick headcount and see who’s missing. --- SYNECDOCHE 12. The sun played hide and seek with the clouds. --- PERSONIFICATION 13. Rain please go away, come again another day! ---------- APOSTROPHE 14. I felt like the food kept calling me. ----- PERSONIFICATION 15. His feelings for me are as cold as ice. ----- SIMILE
SCENE AND DIALOGUE FAMOUS LINES FROM FILIPINO MOVIES