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# Using Figurative Language Writers use figures of speech and figurative language to create a stronger impact on the reader's interpretation and comprehension of a text. Figurative language makes reading more pleasurable and engaging. Figurative language uses particular techniques, and figures of...

# Using Figurative Language Writers use figures of speech and figurative language to create a stronger impact on the reader's interpretation and comprehension of a text. Figurative language makes reading more pleasurable and engaging. Figurative language uses particular techniques, and figures of speech are the specific moves within that technique. Below is a table describing different figures of speech, their definitions, and example sentences: | Figures of Speech/Figurative Language | Definition | Sample Text | |---|---|---| | Simile | Indirect comparison of two things using "like" or "as". | 1. Filipinos are as sturdy as the molave and as resilient as the bamboo. 2. Genius is like the light. 3. She was as lovely as morning and just as fair | | Metaphor | Direct comparison between two objects. | 1. Your heart is a garden of paradox, a juxtaposition of gentleness and kindness, a beautiful oxymoron. 2. One who does not treasure his own language is worse than a beast and putrid fish. 3. The Name of the Lord is a strong tower. | | Personification | Attribution of human qualities to a thing. | 1. Beyond the thick cloud, the sun is smiling. 2. Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. 3. Mother Nature is able to recuperate and be tired and sick, because of Covid 19. | | Hyperbole | Exaggeration | 1. If this wind wouldn't stop, the world might blow away. 2. "The chances of me quitting are like the chances of a snowball in hell." 3. And if forever is not enough for me to love you, I spend another lifetime | | Alliteration | Repetition of first consonant sounds.| 1. The beautiful bouquet blossomed in the bright sun. 2. He acts silly at times, but he was blessed with a brilliant brain. | | Allusion | Is a reference in a work of literature to another work of literature, or to a well-known person or place | 1. The front liners are considered as Entengs and Nardas of today's pandemic. 2. The fight for change does not stop at EDSA. 3. Who is Gloria Diaz, when I have you as my Miss Universe? |