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It argues that figurative language is effective when natural and appropriate, then presents principal figures with definitions and representative examples. Topics include simile, metaphor, symbol, personification, hyperbole, understatement, onomatopoeia, alliteration, metonymy, synecdoche, and oxymoron, each supported by sample phrases or quotations.",{"@graph":69,"@context":123},[70,84,106],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":15,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/literature/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/writing-handout-l-5-figures-of-speech-key-concepts-and-examples/330842/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/writing-handout-l-5-figures-of-speech-key-concepts-and-examples/330842.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Valentina","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-11-04","2026-09-21",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":105},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",21,{"@type":107,"mainEntity":108},"FAQPage",[109,115,119],{"name":110,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":112},"What is the purpose of using figures of speech?","Question",{"text":113,"@type":114},"Figures of speech depart from usual expression to make meaning clearer, more forceful, or more beautiful. 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Though figures are the ornaments of speech, they should not be used unless they are natural and appropriate and increase the effectiveness of what we have to say. All men, poets and otherwise, constantly employ socalled “figurative language,” the difference being that the best people use images which are original and poetic, while ours are often overworked and commonplace.  \nThe principal figures of speech and examples are listed below:  \nSimile – Direct comparison to unlike things – will almost always use the words “like” or “as”:  \n􀁸 My daughter dances like an angel.  \n􀁸 Wandered lonely as a cloud. Wordsworth  \n􀁸 Sally whistled like a bird.  \nMetaphor – An implied comparison made between two unlike things that actually have something in common. Among the most common metaphors are those that refer to our senses of touch, taste, sight, hearing and smell.  \n􀁸 “Hunka' hunka' burnin' love.” Elvis Presley  \n􀁸 An oldflame.  \n􀁸 Boiling mad  \n􀁸 “I’m so hotfor her and she’s so cold.” The Rolling Stones  \nSymbol – A symbol is a person, place, or thing comes to represent an abstract idea or concept--it is anything that stands for something beyond itself. \"A symbol is a repeatable concrete image, an object, which captures a second level of meaning from a particular experience.\" (Philip Ellis Wheelwright, Metaphor and Reality, Indiana University Press, 1962)  \n􀁸 Scales ofjustice  \n􀁸 Lady liberty  \n􀁸 The doves offreedom  \n􀁸 The land of the free and the home of the brave.  \nPersonification – A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities.  \n􀁸 The ocean roared.  \n􀁸 The tea kettle screamed out in the kitchen.  \n􀁸 The lonely train whistle wailed in the distance.  \nHyperbole – A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect; an extravagant statement.  \n􀁸 These books weigh a ton.  \n􀁸 She had millions of Facebook and MySpace friends.  \n􀁸 After a long day, the ASC instructorfelt at least 158 years old.  \nUnderstatement – A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is.  \n􀁸 \"I have to have this operation. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain.\"(Holden Caulfield in The Catcher In The Rye, by J. D. Salinger)  \nOnomatopoeia – The formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer.  \n􀁸 \"I'm getting married in the morning!  \nDing dong! the bells are gonna chime.\"  \n(Lerner and Loewe, \"Get Me to the Church on Time,\" My Fair Lady)  \n􀁸 \"One of these days, Alice. Pow! Right in the kisser!\"(Jackie Gleason, The Honeymooners)  \n􀁸 \"Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is.\"(slogan of Alka Seltzer, U.S.)  \nAlliteration – The repetition of an initial consonant sound.  \n􀁸 “Alliteration lightly links stressed syllables with common consonants.”(John Hollander, Rhyme’s Reason)  \n􀁸 \"The sibilant sermons ofthe snake as she discoursed upon the disposition ofmy sinner's soul seemed ceaseless. \"(Gregory Kirschling, The Gargoyle, 2008)  \n􀁸 \"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.\"(Henry David Thoreau, Walden)  \nMetonymy-A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated (such as \"crown\" for \"royalty\"). Metonymy is also the rhetorical strategy of describing something indirectly by referring to things around it, such as describing someone's clothing to characterize the individual.  \n􀁸 The government says…  \n􀁸 The White House asked the public to remain calm during the crisis.  \n􀁸 The suits at the large investmentfirms willfinally have their day in court.  \nSynecdoche – A fig","cbCaigxA1WuWVZgw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigxA1WuWVZgw","pdf",308738,"English","# Figures of Speech\n## Simile\n## Metaphor\n## Symbol\n## Personification\n## Hyperbole\n## Understatement\n## Onomatopoeia\n## Alliteration\n## Metonymy\n## Synecdoche\n## Oxymoron","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of using figures of speech?\",\"answer\":\"Figures of speech depart from usual expression to make meaning clearer, more forceful, or more beautiful. They add vividness, vigor, and beauty to what is said or written.\"},{\"question\":\"What distinguishes a simile from a metaphor?\",\"answer\":\"A simile makes a direct comparison and usually uses “like” or “as.” A metaphor is an implied comparison between two unlike things that share something in common.\"},{\"question\":\"How do oxymorons work?\",\"answer\":\"An oxymoron places incongruous or contradictory terms side by side. The document gives examples such as “domestic cat.”\"}]","Writing Handout L-5 - Figures of Speech - Key Concepts and Examples | PDF",1789990433]