Figurative Language Examples (Apostrophes, Hyperbole, Metono

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understatement

apostrophe

Hyperbole

the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.

A writer or a speaker, using an apostrophe, detaches himself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech.

an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis

• "Well, that's cast rather a gloom over the evening, hasn't it?"

(Dinner guest, after a visit from the Grim Reaper, in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life)

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are.

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky."

• (Jane Taylor, "The Star," 1806

Write an example of personification for each of the items.

- Mascara/lipstick

- Socks/a belt

- French Fries/Broccoli

Metonomy/Synecdoche write an example of metonomy and syncecdoche for each of the areas.

- Sports

- Instrument/Music

- Family/Friends

Hyperbole/Understatement: You have just had the best day or the worst day every. Use hyperbole AND understatement to describe it.

• They ran like greased lightning.

• He's got tons of money.

• You could have knocked me over with a feather.

• Her brain is the size of a pea.

• He is older than the hills.

"Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone

Without a dream in my heart

Without a love of my own."

(Lorenz Hart, "Blue Moon")

Figurative Language Examples

Apostrophes, Hyperbole, Metonomy, Syncechdoche, Personfication, Understatement

METONOMY

Personification

Synecdoche

the word we use to describe another thing is closely linked to that particular thing, but is not a part of it

is a figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects or ideas.

a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in Cleveland won by six runs (meaning “Cleveland's baseball team”).

• The suits on Wall Street walked off with most of our savings.

• "The B.L.T. left without paying."

(waitress referring to a customer)

• The CROWN. (referring to the King)

• "Only the champion daisy trees were serene. After all, they were part of a rain forest already two

thousand years old and scheduled for eternity, so they ignored the men and continued to rock the diamondbacks that slept in their arms. It took the river to persuade them that indeed the world was altered."

(Toni Morrison, Tar Baby, 1981)

• "The small waves were the same, chucking the rowboat under the chin as we fished at anchor."

(E.B. White, "Once More to the Lake," 1941)

• For example, when Shakespeare had Antony say in Julius Caesar: “Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears

• In the 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada won 14 gold medals.

• "And the Stratocaster guitars slung over

Burgermeister beer guts, and the swizzle stick legs

jackknifed over Naugahyde stools . . .."

(Tom Waits, "Putnam County")

• "At midnight I went on deck, and to my mate's great surprise put the ship round on the other tack. His terrible whiskers flitted round me in silent criticism."

(Joseph Conrad, The Secret Sharer)

England decides to keep check on immigration. (England refers to the government.)

The pen is mightier than the sword. (Pen refers to written words and sword to military force.)

The Oval Office was busy in work. (“The Oval Office” is a metonymy as it stands for people at work in the office.)

Let me give you a hand. (Hand means help.)