Figures of Speech
Identify and use simile, metaphor and personification
Figures of Speech
Figures of speech are special ways of using language to create images or effects. The most common figures of speech in Grade 6 are simile, metaphor, and personification. Writers use them to make their language more vivid and interesting.
Example
Identifying Figures of Speech
1. 'Her smile was as bright as the sun.' — Simile (uses 'as')
2. 'Life is a journey.' — Metaphor (says something IS something else)
3. 'The flowers danced in the breeze.' — Personification (flowers can't really dance)
4. 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.' — Alliteration (repeated 'p' sound)
Note
How to Tell Them Apart
Simile: look for 'like' or 'as' comparing two things.
Metaphor: one thing is described AS another thing (no 'like' or 'as').
Personification: a non-human thing does something only humans do.
Alliteration: the same sound repeated at the start of nearby words.
Key Vocabulary
Figure of speechA way of using language that creates a special effect
SimileComparing two things using 'like' or 'as'
MetaphorSaying one thing IS another to make a comparison
PersonificationGiving human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas
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