Parts of speech 08-12-2025› english › parts-of-speechParts of Speech - Definition, 8 Types and Examples

Parts of speech

1. Welcome

2. IDIOM ALLUSION PUN ONOMATOPOEIA SYNECDOCHE

3. “It’s raining cats and dogs” IDIOM

4. “We’ve entered a garden of Eden” ALLUSION

5. “I bicycle can’t stand on its own because it’s two tired” PUN

6. “’The bee buzzed and the lion roared .” Onomatopoeia

7. “Lend me your ears ” Synecdoche

8. It is a word or phrase that is used to stand in for another word. M   T   N Y M   Activity: Fill in the BOX!

9. It is a word or phrase that is used to stand in for another word. M   E T   O N Y M   Y

10. C ommon figure of speech that involves the use of words that begin with the same sound.   L L I T   R A T I O  

11. C ommon figure of speech that involves the use of words that begin with the same sound. A L L I T E R A T I O N

12. Puts two words together that seem to contradict each other. O X Y M   R   N

13. Puts two words together that seem to contradict each other. O X Y M O R O N

14. Phrases that express an affirmative by denying its opposite, usually through understatement. L I T   T   S

15. Phrases that express an affirmative by denying its opposite, usually through understatement. L I T O T E S

16. A comparison between two items based on a similar characteristic or feature. A N   L   G Y

17. A comparison between two items based on a similar characteristic or feature. A N A L O G Y

18. Sentence Strip Game Instructions: Place the sentence strips on the white board and match them with the correct cards. Answer the following questions : What do you think are those sentences? What type of figures of speech is it?

19. Guide Questions: 1 . How do you feel doing the activity? 2. What is metonymy? oxymoron? litotes? alliteration? analogy? 3. What are some examples sentence of figure of speech?

20. Metonymy Alliteration Litotes Analogy Oxymoron

21. Metonymy is a word or phrase that is used to stand in for another word.

22. Examples This  class  is more intelligent and engaged than the last one. When I came to visit,  my friend offered me a  cup . Joe’s new  ride  was expensive. 

23. Oxymoron puts two words together that seem to contradict each other.

24. Examples "All your perfect imperfections " I let out a silent scream when the teacher called on me to answer the one question that I didn't know. "A terrible beauty is born,"

25. Litotes an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary.

26. Examples She's not unkind. They aren't unhappy with the presentation.  It wasn't a terrible trip.

27. Analogy is a figure of speech that creates a comparison by showing how to seemingly different entities are alike the purpose analogy is not just to make a comparison, but to provide an explanation as well as with additional information or context.

28. Examples An apple is considered a fruit, while a carrot is a type of vegetable. The nose is used to smell the flowers, while the ear hears the birds. A duck is to a duckling as a pig is to a piglet.

29. Alliteration - is a very common figure of speech that involves the use of words that begin with the same sound .

30. Examples The river rushed rapidly over the rocks.  Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.  The sly, slithering snake snuck into the shed.

31. Directions: Give 1 sentence example of each figurative language given below : Work in pair! Metonymy Oxymoron Litotes Alliteration Analogy

32. Identify the figure of speech used in each sentence below. ____________ 1. Poverty is to wealth as sickness is to health. ____________ 2. “The power of the crown was mortally weakened.” ____________ 3. The ice cream was not too bad.

33. Identify the figure of speech used in each sentence below.   ____________ 4. How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? ____________5. Her singing was enough to raise the living dead.

34. Create a one paragraph story using figure of speech (metonymy, oxymoron, litotes, alliteration, and analogy) Assignment: :